Reports results of a study of the predictions that gender differences exist in the preference for a caring morality and will exist across cultures. Describes a scale developed to test the predictions. Reports that the predictions were confirmed with women from four cultures preferring a more caring morality. (DK)

Ethical idealism is a critical ingredient of democratic society. The disillusionment and pessimism of many young people must be addressed, and the socially corrosive effects of the myth of the American dream must be countered with social awareness, civic literacy, and civic responsibility. (SK)

Explored use of multiple orientations in moral reasoning among nine female and seven male community college presidents. Three orientations to moral reasoning were revealed. Self-orientation appeared to join with one or both of the justice and care models. Both men and women used all three orientations; however, how the orientations were used…

In the Spanish penal system, the Humanities Curriculum is intended to rehabilitate inmates by teaching them the value of human dignity, communication, critical reasoning, and cultural heritage. (SK)

Decries educators' harsh criticism of Citizens for Excellence in Education (CEE), group of concerned parents determined to return academic excellence to public school classrooms and moral sanity to schools, in all subjects. Schools have short-circuited their traditional ties with parents and public. CEE is one of many well-intentioned parent…

Shows that there is a substantial agreement in philosophical circles on what constitutes self-respect. Indicates that there are two major shortcomings to this common specification and that they can be ameliorated through a synthesis of recent conceptions of self-respect and Aristotle's analysis of megalopsychia. Suggests practical applications for…

Cultures include a combination of shared and contested understandings. Although individuals may identify with their culture, they are also critical of practices judged unfair. Cultural practices that privilege one group and restrict the practices of another are sources of conflict and change. (Author)

Discusses the decline of sympathy and civility and the rise of self-absorption and meanness in U.S. culture, noting that even sports tutor incivility. The paper examines lowered expectations and the cult of authenticity in sport, and it investigates religion as a counterforce to help restructure sport and restore some sense of balance between…

The United States is experiencing a revived interest in character education, responding to the public's perception of a moral decline in America's sociocultural life. Educators are responsible for becoming attuned to their schools' moral atmosphere and for setting a tone that positively motivates the entire school community. (13 references) (MLH)

Focuses on moral agency in contexts of oppression in a case study involving unintelligibility between two women who identify differently with respect to sexual preference. Demonstrates the similarity of intelligibility to an ethics of care through conceptual analysis, and considers ways that such moral learning is relevant to moral educators. (DSK)

Examines the "sedimented" history of probability in America using Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray's "The Bell Curve." Suggests this model reinforces ethnic hierarchy and differences by creating a "moral cartography" for the nation. Defines this spatial rhetoric with three sociographic dynamics. Concludes with…

Presents and discusses a case used in a business communication class that centers on an interstate highway extension in southern Indiana. Describes the rationale for teaching the case, and student responses. Notes that, in confronting these issues, students learn to see that facts yield to different interpretations based on differing perspectives…

Alfie Kohn's critique of character education in the February 1997 "Kappan" is constructive but not complex enough to provide guidance for the field. Except for briefly describing the Child Development Project, Kohn omits books and articles advocating a comprehensive approach to character education and does not fairly represent some…

According to the chairman emeritus for McDonnell Douglas, a free republic is the most powerful form of government and also the most fragile, because it depends on a virtuous people. Virtue calls for balancing our own needs with those of society. The Character Education Partnership has drawn up and published 11 principles of effective character…

Discusses the development of moral sensitivity in gifted children and its impact on identity formation and development of the self. Also addresses how the phenomenon of asynchrony manifests in moral development of gifted children and the models they develop to give form to their moral concerns. (Author/CR)