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ERIC Number: EJ364692
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Moral Relativism on the Ropes.
Gabler, Mel; Gabler, Norma
Communication Education, v36 n4 p356-61 Oct 1987
Finds that most current public school sex education programs and all values clarification programs are based on moral relativism and are intellectually indefensible because they are (1) methodologically defective, (2) present tautologies instead of values, (3) depend on circular reasoning, and (4) undemocratic. (NKA)
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Moral Issues, Moral Values, Pregnancy, Program Content, Public Schools, Sex Education, Sex Role, Sexuality, Social Responsibility, Textbook Content, Values Clarification, Values Education, Youth
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Education for Self Responsibility Program; Relativism; Rules Governed Behavior; Tautologies
Note: Special Issue: Censorship in Communication Education.