Administered Washington University Sentence Completion Test, Rest Defining Issues Test, and moral judgment interview of reasons for choosing abortion to unmarried females (ages 12-14, 17-19, 23-25). Found clear developmental differences between youngest and two older groups on ego development and principled moral reasoning; no major differences…

The Loving Well Program teaches students about the complexities of human relationships, including friendships and family, infatuations and first romances, enduring commitments, and marriage. It treats sexuality education as part of general character development and helps students develop strong personal and social ideals. Studying believable…

Argues that the advocate of multiculturalism as it is generally presented is rebelling against the established order and suffering from "oikophobia," a hatred of home, a frequent disease of intellectuals. The substitution of new stereotypes for traditional education must be combatted by the moderating power of thought. (SLD)

Developed Visions of Morality Scale (VMS) to be sensitive to dimensions necessary for everyday morality (empathy; prosocial inclinations; and a private, interpersonal, and social view of morality). Results from 181 high school students related VMS to empathy and political orientation. Highly significant relationships were found among morality,…

Reviews four models of moral imagination applied to school leadership (as discovery, moral authority, faculty of mind, and super science) and discusses their inherent difficulties. Replacing "moral imagination" with "critical imagination," coupled with "democratic value deliberation," yields a richer leadership that…

Professionalism and leadership are contradictory concepts. Because Maslow and Herzberg studied mostly males, they espoused motivational theories stressing achievement and competitiveness, not caring and nurturing relationships. Although women are underrepresented in principalships, they are overrepresented in successful ones. Professionalism,…

Whether the measurement profession should consider developing and adopting a code of professional conduct is explored after a brief review of existing references to standards of conduct and a review of other professional codes. Issues include the need for a code of ethics, its usefulness, and its enforcement. (SLD)

Four papers on ethics from the viewpoint of organized agencies are presented: (1) "Business, Ethics, and the Physical Activity Field" (R. Martens); (2) "On Old Wine and New Bottles: The Transformation of Ethical Emphasis in Higher Education" (C. Thomas); (3) a reaction to the first two papers; and (4) "American Academy of Physical Education Ethics…

Outlines the conceptual frameworks of consequentialist and nonconsequentialist ethics as examples of two common and competing moral perspectives. Suggests possibilities for applications of ethics to issues that are common in consumer and family economics curricula. (Author/JOW)

Examines the relationship between moral right and moral duty to be educated, discussing duty, right, education, and moral theory and suggesting that moral right and moral duty to be educated are partially independent and totally compatible with each other. Neither is superior, and both should be included in moral theory. (SM)

Community education embodies Dewey's claim that educational theories must be derived from a moral theory of people as citizens. Community education must be a theory and practice of politics as well as of education. (SK)

Discusses the attack on the sensibilities of adolescents by the relativized and fragmented effects of the information revolution. Argues for the importance, in light of such a social environment, for the teaching of ethics in high schools. (HB)

Suggests that the formation of habits is the basis of character and morality. Supports this suggestion with citations from Henry James and other writers, and with examples of intellectual diligence from the lives of Helen Keller and Anne Frank. (HTH)

During a period of school restructuring, educational administrators need to consider their responsibility to promote an ethical school environment. This article develops three foundational ethical themes (critique, justice, and caring) as the pillars underlying ethical schools. (53 references) (MLH)

Suggests that the teaching of free expression may be the highest calling of a communications or journalism professor. Argues that freedom must be tempered by a sense of ethics. Calls upon teachers to encourage students to analyze the questions surrounding free expression. Describes techniques for scrutinizing journalistic myths. (SG)