The Conscience of the Campus: Case Studies in Moral Reasoning Among Today’s College Students

Examines the moral values of today’s American college students. The conscience of today’s college students is guided by the personal moral values that underlie their concept of justice. College professors frequently avoid discussions of moral values, fearful of either the deconstructionist’s criticism or the alleged wall of separation between church and state. Regardless of their reasons, they tend to argue that today’s students have no interest in discussing abstract concepts of moraltiy. The Daveys argue that given the right case studies of moral di ernmas, today’s college students will enthusiastically share and discuss their own moral values, and grow to new levels of understanding.