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Show 3 (Profess its lo ebjfte Bo Baes& issyes' By Sandy Anderson Staff Writer Two leading philosophers from the University and BYU will discuss dis-cuss Dr. Sterling M. McMur-rin's McMur-rin's paper on "Education and Morality" Wednesday. Fifth in a series of seven Great Issues Forums, the paper will be presented by McMurrin, dean of the Graduate School, and discussed by Wesley P. Lloyd, dean of the BYU Graduate School, and Waldemer P. Read, professor emeritus of philosophy. The program will start at 8 p.m. in OSH auditorium. , School's Duty Increases "As a consequence of large scale moral failure our society is placing an increasing responsibility respon-sibility for moral education upon the schools," McMurrin said. He said that schools should partially assume the burden of moral education, without caus ing "an abdication of moral responsibility re-sponsibility by the home and other social institutions." McMurrin said, "If a school directs its energies firmly to the issues of knowledge, reason and the intellect, it will affect the moral quality of the individual indivi-dual and society by refining moral perception and sensibilities, sensibili-ties, quickening moral conscience, con-science, dictating moral judgment judg-ment and building moral strength into the life of every individual." Won't Insure Morality McMurrin does not say that his program will insure the morality mor-ality of those under it. Read will ask what factors or intervening variables will interfere with them being moral. He will quote Professor Thenix of Colombia University in saying, say-ing, "One of the reasons people behave unmorally is not ignorance, ignor-ance, but self-interest. |
