American Enterprise Institute

The Moral Implications of Social and Emotional Learning

I’ve hosted a number of sessions about social and emotional learning (SEL) over the past six months, and one question that’s repeatedly come up is whether SEL is ultimately an attempt to repackage ...
Boston University

Moral Learning and Moral Realism: How Empirical Psychology Illuminates Issues in Moral Ontology

ABSTRACT: Although scientific naturalistic philosophers have been concerned with the role of scientific psychology in illuminating problems in moral psychology, they have paid less attention to the ...
Education Week

Rick Hess Straight Up

I’ve hosted a number of sessions about social and emotional learning (SEL) over the past six months, and one question that’s repeatedly come up is whether SEL is ultimately an attempt to repackage ...
American Enterprise Institute

The Moral and Religious Roots of Social and Emotional Learning

Social and emotional learning (SEL) might be a new term, but at its core it represents the educational priorities of character education. For many Americans, SEL’s roots are deeply enmeshed in moral ...
Psychology Today

Morality: Seeds Must Be Planted Rightly in Early Life

It’s easy for us to believe that reasoning about moral issues is the most important aspect of morality. We spend many years in schools that typically foster an intellectual view of life, encourage us ...
My Jewish Learning

Torah Study & Moral Behavior

In the following article, the author compares the thoughts of three modern theologians: Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888), founder of neo-Orthodoxy, also known as modern Orthodoxy; Mordecai Kaplan ...
Medical Xpress

Learning about nurses' moral distress during crisis care

During the pandemic, nurses continue to deliver a crisis standard of care, which requires allocating and using scarce medical resources. This care, in the context of COVID-19, an infectious and ...