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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    must of necessity lead a very complex one. The in- dividual members of society are forcing upon society the duties and responsibilities of its individual mem- bers. Institutions have been created for the purpose of remedying the weakness found in the individual mem- bers of society. These institutions are to provide for the defects found in human nature and in human life. The moral weakness of man is apparent, and this weakness seems to be a tendency to break away from the solid and enduring satisfactions of life and to seek wealth as the means of satisfying the love of pleasure and desire for luxury. Public School in Relation to Morals. Society has deemed it, therefore, necessary to rivet the attention upon moral problems as the offset to meet the tempta- tions that beset men in the social and business life, which men do not seem to be able to resist in the swift and complex changing conditions. The church and the home seem to be weak in dealing with the problems of changing civilization. Society has, therefore, turned to the school as one of its established institu- tions for meeting the phases of the moral problems as they present themselves and develop in our progressive civilization. It, in fact, has deemed the public school as the most important and necessary factor in the solu- tion of the great problem. Wealth versus Aim of Education. Modern life has a feverish haste to accumulate wealth. The youth of our land are impressed with the importance of wealth and its effect. The names they are most familiar with are the masters of wealth. Wealth brings leisure, lux- [6]