Considers ethical issues that arise in conduct of family therapy research, emphasizing (1) researcher's responsibility to protect rights of research participants, (2) confidentiality and informed consent, (3) researcher's values, and (4) methodology. In each area, parallels are drawn between ethical issues facing family clinicians and those facing…

Examined male and female definitions of right and wrong in 15 boys, 15 girls, 15 men, and 15 women. Results demonstrated 3 different outcomes as result of varying the mode of investigating sex differences in appraising a moral dilemma. Concludes growth of moral judgment is elusive and can be pursued well only through a variety of research modes.…

The New Right regularly claims that the teaching of secular humanism by public schools is responsible for varied social ills and that it violates the constitutional prohibition against the advocacy of religious beliefs. This article explores these as empirical claims, concluding that no reliable evidence supports these allegations. Although such…