A knowledge of ethical theories, practical principles flowing from them and the method of decision-making which they indicate will enable counselors to assist clients with moral problems. (Author)

Describes the objectives, content, and structure of an experimental course for high school seniors that emphasizes current issues of science and society. Differences in course content and sequence in the 2 years the course has been offered are noted. Pre and posttest results of student attitudes toward course topics are presented. (LC)

Author discusses perversions of the art of teaching he regards as destructive. (IR)

The literature of the absurd, represented by the works of Camus, Beckett, Sartre, and others is analyzed for its heuristic value in generating sociological theory. It is argued that rebellion in the face of institutional absurdity" may be a source of meaning for students and blacks in contemporary American society. (Author/MB)

Examines the willingness of 11, 12, and 13-year-olds to report and identify a guilty peer. Type of interrogation condition and status of the guilty peer influenced the child's willingness to give information. Bibliography and tables. (JB)

This article describes that part of the research related to the formation of moral values in a multi-racial group of students. (Author)

Author attempted to find out how the secondary (grammar) school system in one of the twelve States of the Nigerian Federation is coping with the problem of socio-cultural change of which students' indiscipline is but one manifestation. (Author/RK)

Identified types of moral problems faced by older adults (N=37). The most commonly reported moral problem involved family relationships. Younger subjects identified conflicts between personal behavior and the legal code, while a trend appeared for older subjects to be unable to identify a personal moral conflict. (Author/JAC)

Compares ideas of community, authority, and governmental purpose among Whites and Swedish immigrants in Rockford, Illinois, and Blacks and South and East European immigrants in Gary, Indiana. Examines the content of public political discourse in the two cities, and suggests that public discourse reflects political beliefs of a city's dominant…

The distinctive aims and methods of moral education and religious education indicate that they may be complementary. Moral reasoning is concerned with the assumptions and conditions of morality and with situational realities as well as imperatives. Religious beliefs play the same role in decision making as moral principles. (RM)

Presents a theoretical perspective for the psychological study of moral development which does not rely on the notion that different types of moral view have different logical structures and which provides a framework for specific predictions about moral content and moral reasoning, motivation, and behavior. (Author/RH)

Concludes that moral/value instruction is critical to the teacher's concept of work. (FL)