An assurance is provided by the University of Georgia that it will comply with the policy of protecting human subjects participating in research supported by DHEW grants or contracts and that it will maintain a committee to review research projects regarding this policy. The university's 13 guidelines for protecting the rights and welfare of human…

Today, the science of man's subjective experience is in its infancy. But if it gains momentum, its consequences may be even more far-reaching than those which emerged from the Copernican, Darwinian, and Freudian revolutions. The following propositions have accumulated an impressive amount of substantiating evidence: 1) The potentialities of the…

Argues that the humanism movement is imperiled by ill definition, misunderstanding, and resistance. The author redefines it and calls for "real" humanists to advance the cause. (Author)

This paper examines how the academic study of hate can be understood through Catholic social justice teachings with an emphasis on the Jesuit commitment to faith and justice to allow for a critical reflection on the relationship between theory and practice. To make the connections between social justice and the study of hate, the paper begins with…

Discusses the nature of man and considers various definitions of the meaning of human being. Concludes that to preserve the uniqueness of man we need to preserve his diversity. (BR)

Can genetic evolution be controlled by man in a manner which does not violate a civilized, humane, and democratic ethos? The genetics of health and illhealth and of normal variation are discussed with respect to this question. (PEB)

Two papers concerned with the ethics of testing and one paper that is a proposal for alternatives to psychological testing, presented at Session II of the Invitational Conference on Measurement in Education, are provided. The papers and their authors are: "Ethical Issues and Questions about Testing Confronting Test Publishers" by Thomas J.…

Advocates a naturalistic view of man and the universe as being most consistent with general semantics; a version of a paper presented at International Conference on General Semantics (University of Hawaii, Honolulu, July 29-August 4, 1960). (RD)

Article states that: "The common cause of the religious communities and the arts is to affirm an earlier, now far stranger view in which the spirit of man is basic to the humanity they invest and struggle for politically, socially and economically." (Author)

Analyzes the antihumanistic elements of Jacques Derrida's theory of deconstruction. Argues that the modern French intellectuals, including Foucault, Derrida, and Lacan, have had an antihumanistic effect on the American social sciences and humanities by rejecting the existence of truth, morality, and rationality. (FMW)

Spirituality has become an issue in many domains of the Norwegian society, but this is not reflected in public education. This paper discusses why this is so, and suggests some hermeneutical approaches to understanding spirituality that can include pre-school children's spirituality, with particular reference to a Norwegian context. Central to…

This teacher discusses techniques she uses to rid the classroom of "killer statements", which are negative statements that express some kind of anger or distress and are unthinking outgrowths of the desire to get back at the world when feeling needy or deprived.

This paper considers educational technology in the light of both rationalist and existentialist theory, arguing that the predominance of rationalism in educational technology may be a dangerous tendency. Existentialist theory is first considered as a way--albeit with limitations--to begin examining educational technology from an ethical…