The conception of a violent social order challenges the ordinary understanding of violence. The word violence should be used to mean intentional harming. The questions then become what constitutes harm and when are intenders responsible. Liberation theologians present a sophisticated view of harm and argue for appropriate adjustments in the…

Discusses the evolution of children's literature during this century, focusing on the economic, political, and moral forces behind the changes that occurred. (SRT)

Constructs a methodology of "bracketed neglect" for redirecting questions of ethics and/or values away from questions pertaining to educational philosophy alone toward the practice of educational administration. Offers examples of this method, which simplifies or neglects selected moral values, related to legal reasoning. Offers an outline of…

Discusses, with examples, how values and morality affect psychiatry and child rearing. Asserts that moral imperatives are taught primarily by example rather than by instruction. Also comments on the fallacy of "value free" psychiatry. (GC)

Results support Kohlberg's speculation that orientational preference rather than level of stage structure may be the primary area in which sex differences in moral judgment are manifested. It is concluded that ascriptions of greater adequacy or maturity to the moral thought of one or the other sex are appropriate. (RH)

Examines the relation of preschoolers' self-attributions about their prosocial behaviors to frequency of prosocial responding. Attempts to determine if different types of prosocial behaviors are associated with different configurations of moral judgment, self-attributions, and social behaviors. Classroom observations of 44 preschoolers were made…

Drawing from examples in Nigerian junior novels, explains how didacticism is an integral part of Nigerian juvenile literature. (HOD)

Feminization is a term used to describe the current trend for jury decisions to be based on fairness rather than strict adherence to rules. This societal development is identified through the use of psychological theory and research. (DF)

Addresses ethical issues in the engagement and termination phases of marital and family therapy. Engagement phase must examine commitment to systemic intervention versus serving motivated clients. Termination phase must examine client's and therapist's ways of managing readiness, prematurity, and follow-up. Proposed solutions are suggested. (ABL)

Discusses ethical problems associated with financial aid counseling including: disseminating financial aid information, advising on independent status, judging students true needs, communicating between high school and college, helping parents and students understand programs, drop in enrollment of lower income students, public/private college…

A model is proposed to explain how the learning process of ethical reasoning occurs. It integrates the learning process (Kolb, 1976) and a developmental scheme of ethical reasoning (Van Hoose, 1980). Implications for ethics training in educational programs and ethical behavior in professional practice are discussed. (Author)

Argues that young people who are knowledgeable about their sexuality are more likely to delay their first sexual experience, presents myths about sex and sexual relationships, and discusses topics the author includes when talking to teenagers, i.e., love, violence, sexual knowledge and expression, moral values, homosexuality, and the women's…

A society is committed to basic moral principles as a function of being human and not merely by consensus. However, society's commitment to Christianity depends on the extent to which that faith is rooted in the population, even though the state may have a moral duty to provide religious freedom. (RM)

Discusses a program developed by the Century III Foundation, which attempts to interject value analysis in the educational process. Includes a diagrammatic presentation of a Moral Valuing Paradigm. (MD)

Examines presence of moral viewpoints in young adult literature, suggesting that while literature can raise questions and acknowledge contradictions implicit in any moral decision, young people can only look inward for conclusions. Explicit didacticism (instructive qualities concerning moral, ethical, or religious matters) and examples of…