Relativism is a principle of management that considers human needs and values relevant to business organization. (RA)

The position that religious thought and spiritual values must be restored to psychology and that clinical-humanistic values are helping to undermine traditional morality is criticized. Commentators argue that human disturbance is largely associated with absolutistic thinking and that psychologists must submit all values to rational scrutiny. (CS)

Personal reflections on the life and career of educator Rudy Fobert are presented. (LH)

Liberal-humanist conceptions of subjectivity in the moral development of social workers are inadequate and outdated. They rely on a flawed concept of identity and the unity of the self, instead of viewing the self as a social position in a particular historical and cultural concept. (SK)

Analyzes the futures movement by posing the question of whether the system requires preplanned radical change or whether it is still capable of responding to evolutionary forces of the market, the government, and a new generation of more broadly trained scientists. (Author/GS)

A multimillionaire responsible for several felonies stated recently that humanism is one of the leading causes of crime in the United States. A college English instructor tested the validity of the connection between humanism and deteriorating values, on a limited and informal basis, while conducting in a men's prison a series of weekly programs…

In spite of the criticism of humanism in public schools, the fact remains that humanism is a basic and vital part of modern education. Principles of humanism that are significant for today's education are outlined and examined from an historical perspective. (RM)

The nature of man, his drive for growth, and his search for truth are discussed from a combined philosophical and psychological point of view. (CK)

The chief characteristic of the visual arts as a humanity is that the focus is upon the individual. (Author)

Suggests that structuralist arguments in the teaching of English question the ideology that has traditionally informed the study of literature--the very idea that such a study is a "humane" activity. (HOD)

A research project conducted in 2003-2006, the Spirit of Generation Y, using both extended interviews and a nationwide survey, revealed three main strands in the spirituality of young Australians: traditional, alternative and humanist. Their involvement in traditional religions was declining, like that of their parents, and although some adopted…

This is a collection of five essays on futurism. In the first, Thomas contends that human beings will need more than ever to be taught the basic skills of communications and that communication will have to be multilingual. In the second essay, Katz explores the notion of teaching people to think, contrasting the Deway inquiry model and the…

Public schools in America, because they are obsessed with petty regulations and sterile mediocrity, destroy the natural inquisitive and creative spirits of children. A genuinely humane education must teach aesthetic and moral values as well as subject matter. This educational philosophy demands that learning be centered around the child's…

Sought to clarify the intrinsic narcissistic relationship with religiosity using the Narcissistic Personality Disorder Scale, the Allport-Ross religious Orientation Scale and the Machiavellian Scale. Intrinsic religiosity correlated negatively and specifically with the maladaptive exploitiveness dimension of narcissism. Data are discussed in terms…

Decisions of student personnel often involve an operational definition of quality'', making it a matter of personal and professional integrity to investigate an ethical posture fully and to act consistently with that posture. (Author)