Explores the issue of whether evil exists in the world and the best ways to confront it. Claims that the ubiquitousness of evil places a responsibility on social studies educators to address it in the classroom. Offers six suggestions for teaching students about the existence and implications of evil. (CMK)

Questions the place that the plurality of values and the conflicts between them have in educating children in Eastern and Western Europe. Explores the philosophical aspects of this question, giving a sketch of some ethical conflicts and how they should be handled in education. Urges linking the concepts of "own good" and "others…