Moral education : an experimental investigation / by William T. Whitney.

  • Whitney, William T., 1878-
Date:
[1915], ©1915
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Credit: Moral education : an experimental investigation / by William T. Whitney. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Necessity of Provision for Moral Instruction. Mor- ality is the foundation of social life. Society cannot long exist without truth, honor, integrity, and jus- tice. In spite of the fact that moral education should receive the first place and consideration in all training of the young, nevertheless, it is difficult to find pro- vision made for thorough and careful moral instruc- tion. Here and there an attempt has been made to give definite and systematic moral training, but as a usual thing little or no consideration is given the mat- ter in public or private schools, and in the home the matter stands about the same. Moral training in the homes, for the most part, consists of reprimands or neglect. Morality and Religion. Because of the fact that morality and religion are intimately connected, the problem of instruction is complex. Educational leg- islation everywhere in the United States prohibits re- ligious instruction in the public schools. This has, therefore, had its effect upon the moral problem. Schools have avoided the problem and have felt that the intellect and its training were the problems of im- portance. Provision not yet Made. It is no longer neces- sary to create a demand for more instruction, and from careful investigation, it is found that moral les- sons are given in many classrooms. The instruction so given, however, is more or less incidental, discon- nected and discontinued, at will, or pleasure. No at- tempt has been made in this country to work out a graded system of moral instruction such as has been [2]