Four case studies of British adolescents describe their application of social theories to political, social, and personal issues. The studies imply that political reasoning does not develop separately from other domains. Discussion of the concept of lay social theory precedes the case studies. (BC)

At age 13, and for the next 20 years, male subjects were periodically interviewed about their moral judgments. Adolescents with mature use of defense mechanisms reasoned at higher stages of moral judgment 10 to 20 years after the initial interview than did those with immature use of defense mechanisms. (BC)

Explored differences in moral development and attitudes toward nontoleration clause of Honor Code of U.S. Air Force Academy between cadets who were convicted honor violators (n=24) and control group of nonviolators (n=162). Found that, as cadet moral development increased from year to year, acceptance and internalization of principle of…

Africentric ideas about leaders and leadership have remained part of the African Diaspora's cultural underpinnings over time. Slavery experiences predispose the African-American community to reject strong, natural leadership. This article and accompanying poem recount stories about the African-American experience and profile some true leaders.…

Defying "liberal" and "conservative" labels, Communitarianism is a new social movement reflected in George Bush's endorsement of family values and Bill Clinton's calls for community service. Communitarianism does not uphold the individual's rights at all costs, nor impose moral solutions. The Communitarian agenda is to…

Schools are chiefly custodial; teaching profession is split between academics, practitioners, and (controlling) administrators; educational purpose has been corroded by dominant empirical tradition assuming easy separation of fact and value, contingent connection between means and ends, and norm of individual similarity. Article examines major…

Looks at teacher education admissions, program structure and content, and certification if they were planned with the moral nature of education as the focus. Considers why the current context makes other issues more compelling than morality and how to reshape teacher education within moral dimensions. (SK)

Seven deaf elementary school students read fables in printed English that had previously been summarized in American Sign Language (ASL) and read other fables without the intervention. The ASL summary technique increased the quantity and quality of students'"retelling scores"; it also improved readers' comprehension of the moral lessons of the…

Focuses on piety and ethics in education because current debates about education for character frequently neglect the fundamental existential questions that underlie the ethical. Every school ought to be teaching certain basic existential truths about mortality and the possibility of meaning in life, including man's modest place in the universe.…

Considers what it would mean to take charity for all as a standard for governing our disagreements about scholarship, curriculum, and educational purpose. What intellectual charity should mean in a climate of multiculturalism and political correctness is explored for the university, public forum, and public school contexts. (SLD)

According to five surveys, only four major authors--Shakespeare, Dickens, Hawthorne, and George Eliot--have survived the dramatic 90-year shift from a predominantly British (or Eurocentric) curriculum to a primarily U.S. curriculum. Programs must now evolve to reflect the cultures of all students, while maintaining appropriate intellectual, moral,…

Responds to model presented in previous article on counseling the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected client. Discusses ethical issues related to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Concludes that careful analysis of interests at stake and appreciation of changing sociomedical context in which they arise are requisite to ethical…

Sixth and tenth graders and college students were asked to apply moral judgments which they had made about a familiar context to contexts in cultures different from their own. Most subjects contextualized their judgments with respect to cultures with different informational beliefs but made nonrelativistic judgments with respect to cultures with…

Asserts that most efforts to maintain professional ethics in psychology have focused on research and clinical practice. Maintains that a need also exists for ethical codes in psychology instruction. Describes the development and implementation of a code of ethics for a college-level department of psychology. (CFR)

In our modernized, changing, and dissatisfied society, values and ideologies have split into two extremes (nihilistic postmodernism and totalitarianism/fundamentalism) antagonistic to developing democratic life ways requiring rational discourse and agreement based on mutual respect. Aristotle tried to elaborate how to act well to achieve a good…