This paper presents a preliminary overview of moral development issues that are raised when young people interact in cyberspace. A preliminary classification system of Internet ethics issues that parents and educators must address includes: (1) respect for property, (2) respect for territory and privacy, (3) respect for others and common courtesy,…

George Bernard Shaw's play, "Pygmalion," tells the story of an educational experiment involving Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins. The characters set out to achieve a dramatic alteration in Eliza's linguistic ability, and they succeed. This paper uses "Pygmalion" as a case study in the treatment of education research subjects.…

The issues of corruption and distorted values are reaching deeply into our everyday lives. (Editor)

Article probed the significant moral dilemmas of adolescence, i.e., the need for self expression versus peer and adult pressures to behave in accordance with group and community standards. (RK)

Examines the indigenous pattern of moral behavior among the Ewe, an ethnic and linguistic group in West Africa, and assesses its role in moral education within the African context. The author develops a conceptual framework he calls "logical demonomy" that he uses to define the Ewe system of moral laws. (JT)

A discussion of the challenge Watergate presents to democratic ideals and the school's role in fostering individual moral growth. (JMB)

Presents two studies which examined the effects on moral and achievement evaluations of the sex of the evaluator, the actor, and of the evaluator's evaluation of himself. The results indicated significant effects of sex in both the moral and achievement domains and a significant difference between judging oneself and judging another. (JMB)

The author proposes that a wide range of value issues be taught in teacher education programs, thus contributing significantly to the teacher trainees' general value development and to their capacity in turn to teach values as an integral part of subjects in the schools. (Author/JR)

The Policies Commission for Business and Economic Education states its beliefs on the meaning of work, work and human needs, the work ethic, and work in a technological society. (BP)

This paper provides a framework for making sense of perplexing problems surrounding issues of death and dying by exploring the theological and ethical background to health care decision making at the end of life. The paper first examines several of the basic principles that theologians and secular ethicists employ when analyzing such questions.…

A model intended to overcome the cultural relativism of determining what is an ethical act draws an analogy to environmental studies. Beginning with the concepts of "telos" (final purpose) and "archai" (priority), the notion of an ecosystem of ethics avoids limitation to a particular historical definition of good. Since the…

In response to greater public awareness and concern, members of the legal and medical professions have begun to acknowledge that they have leadership roles to play in the shaping of public policies affecting the common good. The rapid pace of social change and scientific development has lent a new sense of urgency to the need for these two…

Values enter into the consideration of chronic care options at both the macro, or policy level, and at the individual, decision making level. The ethical dimensions of these decisions, however, have been largely overlooked. A model of long-term care (LTC) decision making is proposed which incorporates an empirical foundation into an ethical…

A study was conducted to determine what, if any, are the ethical guidelines standard for persons working in the magazine industry. A two-page questionnaire, consisting of 21 questions, was mailed to the contact editors of 100 of the nation's most popular consumer magazines. Responses were received from 49 of the editors. The data revealed that…