People accept the general idea that there should be instruction in the schools that deals with morals and moral behavior. A model for moral instruction is presented to stimulate moral education activities. (Author)

This article presents reliability and validity evidence on the Anti-Social Activities Attitude Scale. The scale is not intended to predict individual behavior but to assess the moral climate within a population as supportive or restrictive of antisocial acts. The scale itself is included. (SJL)

A thorough scrutiny of the teacher's role as facilitator in the field of moral education is called for. (LH)

Discusses the impact of using laboratory exercises and queries on developing student sensitivity to bioethical issues. Examples of these questions and the responses of students of an introductory life science course at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts are presented. (HM)

Examines the theoretical and practical implications of utilizing the biographical approach in the history curriculum by pointing out the advantages, examining the art of writing biographies, and discussing two basic methods used in teaching biography. (Author/CK)

Alcohol consumption was not found to affect the stage of moral reasoning of the subjects, but an inverse relationship was found between the amount of alcohol consumed and the subjects' discrimination of relevant from irrelevant information in their moral reasoning. (BH)

Two common trends are beginning to change writing courses. They are a growing emphasis upon the persuasive nature of prose, and an accelerating interest in the study and analysis of moral values. Hopefully the concern for values will help guide and direct the persuasive powers of writing. (JMD)

The author alleges that colleges and universities have adopted a policy of "value neutrality" in order to protect academic freedom and to survive. He calls for professional responsibility, asserting that axiological considerations lie at the heart of the educational process. (Editor/LBH)

A research study asked suburban middle school students what they would do if they and their brothers were fighting on opposing sides of a war battle. More than 75 percent chose non-aggressive responses. Significant differences were found between boys and girls, and between fifth and sixth graders versus seventh and eighth graders. (AV)

Describes an experiment in classroom moral education by high school social studies teachers and reports its results. (Author)

In theory, most educators in this survey supported teaching ethics; in practice, few baccalaureate programs provide planned curricular offerings dealing with this subject. Suggestions are offered for implementing curriculum changes. (Editor/TA)

This article contains a letter which questions the value and ethics of the Program on Human Sexuality (University of Minnesota) and also contains the response to the letter by a member of the Theological-Ethical Task Force which sponsors the program. (Author)

A two-page interview on ethics conducted with an industrial training specialist with a Ph.D. in philosophy and theology. Discussed are the meaning of ethics, advice to executives considering intervention efforts to improve ethical behavior, and the essential intervention steps of establishing policy and communicating standards. (LAS)

Discusses the ways in which three latter-day Black writers, (Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and Ralph Ellison), have raised questions about the values which Americans profess in common. (Author/JM)