This booklet contains the statement of the United States Catholic Conference, "Putting Children and Families First: A Challenge for Our Church, Nation, and World," and provides a comprehensive resource for organizing church and community action to improve the conditions of children in the nation. A practical planning guide, support materials, clip…

Authors attempted to outline some of the problems and issues inherent in the crime of rape, as well as some of the programs and methods currently attempting to deal with them. (Author/RK)

The Committee on Scientific and Professional Ethics and Conduct of the APA deals with ethical matters and decides on membership. It can recommend to the Board disbarment, a reprimand, or a probationary period. The APA has a code of ethics, but congressional investigations and legal questions concerning behavioral research and individual rights and…

This article provides a descriptive overview of the legal problems that attend medical treatment of the terminally ill patient as well as a careful analysis of the legal vehicles that have been offered in response to these problems--the living will, the antidysthanasia contract, and right to die legislation. (Author)

Discusses the questions of what limits should be placed on the application of computers to human affairs and on knowing the impact of computers on human dignity. (BB)

A 10-year longitudinal study of the age-identities of persons 70 and older revealed that many rejected the possibility that they were, in fact, "old." A majority of respondents continued to define themselves in other ways (e.g., as middle-aged or elderly). (Author)

Health educators should be aware of people as growth aspiring, with a basic nature of goodness, and that individuals need to experience those qualities within themselves which produce health and a zest for living. (JD)

This paper underscores the significance of personal dignity, decency, and integrity as the core values and symbionic concepts to promote human rights education. It proposes a proactive model with philosophical ramifications and practical applications proposed for educators, researchers, and mental health practitioners interested in human rights…

Authors believe that the function of education should be the practice of freedom, and also that for this to become reality it is imperative that the cornerstone of such a conception of education be the original datum of education, the individual human being. (Authors/GB)

Discussion is on the potential value of historical data for American Indians, anthropologists, and the dominant society in general. (FF)

Social engineering is defined as a process whereby intellectual experts would determine the goals to be pursued for man; the implications are discussed and highly criticized, with the author pointing out the negative effects on human dignity, self development, and education. (JB)

Topic 8, Our Contemporary World: Problems and Issues, in a theme issue on Teaching World History Through Science Fiction, presents this short story to motivate discussion on dehumanization, resulting in a society where the single driving force is order and unity and promptness and clocklike precision. (JB)

It is suggested that universal compassion for all living beings may be attained by religious training to develop spiritual qualities of man. (JB)