The relationship between Catholic higher education and the Church are discussed. Three specific topics concern: the reform and renewal of moral theology, a "new morality" combining the best of the "old" and "new" approaches, and the stance Christians should adopt toward the secular order. (SW)

Many medical issues today require ethical as well as strictly medical decisions. Described is the need for the inclusion of medical ethics in the schools, beginning with science ethics in the secondary level and continuing through medical school. (MA)

The creative use of leisure time will become increasingly more important as our society moves away from the work ethic philosophy. (JD)

Describes the reactions of students, all veterans, to a Joseph Conrad story involving moral dilemma during war. (MKM)

People need to learn what choosing and acting morally involves and how to do it. Educational programs, well conceived, pedagogically sound, and morally carried on, are basic to attaining personal and social well-being. (Author)

If the problems of student violence and other forms of misbehavior are to be solved, educators must refocus attention on each student as an individual. (Author)

Explores hypothesized interrelationships between levels of moral valuing (Kohlberg) and three aspects of environment-related behavior: environmental knowledge, emotionality, and activity. Four standardized instruments were administered to 140 college students. Findings revealed that subjects were more emotionally involved with the environment than…

This is the second of a two-part series on moral education. In the first, the author questioned the effectiveness of Lawrence Kohlberg's system as an educational design. Here she dissects the entire formalist tradition in moral education to return to John Dewey for what she sees as the most effective way to teach moral education. (Editor/RK)

Reviews current approaches to moral education that seem most applicable to higher education: Durkheim's and Dewey's noncognitive approaches; Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental approach; British moral educators' rational-analytic approaches; and Feinberg's and Polyani's comprehensive perspectives. Includes a discussion of some existing U.S.…

This study was designed to test the hypothesis that maturity of moral judgment is related to moral behavior and to certain personality characteristics. (GO)

Suggests that a concensus does not exist among immigrants in the worshipping of American schools and their potentiality. By focusing on Slavic-Americans, the essay tests the hypothesis that the American experience of southern and eastern Europeans intensified the concern for learning. (Author/AM)

The main thrust of the work is to explain how it is that the definition and volume of deviance can change in a particular social system independent of the actions of the deviants within the system. (Author/AM)

Major concepts embodied in moral development literature are reviewed. (MJB)

While modern science is beginning to change some of our basic assumptions, and while the social situations of our time work against our traditional view of sexuality, we tend to evaluate sexual norms under the guidelines of our ascetic heritage. (Author/AM)

This study compared adults' impressions of rock music with those of teenagers and found vast differences. Youths reported hearing subjects relating to their lives such as "growing up" while adults heard more references to sex and violence. Perhaps the differing impressions reflect differences in learning, experience, and literary…