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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    CHAPTER ff] AN INVESTIGATION Moral Problem a Public School Problem. While the problem of moral education is an old one — old, in- deed, as the oldest civilization, still it has not been a problem for the school. Church and community have assumed the burden and obligation in the past. The modern social tendency is to look to established insti- tutions for the solution of the problem of social and civic progress. If there is not an established institution deemed capable of handling a given problem, one is created. The present tendency and discussion of the moral problem emphasizes the fact that the public school and home assume the particular form which the ethical and moral problem takes to-day. The school is to mold moral character as well as develop and train the mental processes. Society Responsible for Its Members. Rapid devel- opment of national and natural resources have pro- duced a change in the thinking and living of the American. With the increase in numbers and the com- plexity involved in living with a rapidly increasing population, the duties and occupations of the people become multiplied and varied. Life is no longer sim- ple but very complex and he who lives the simple life ay