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Concerned Philosophers For Peace, Vol. 12, No. 2, Concerned Philosophers For Peace Oct 1992

Concerned Philosophers For Peace, Vol. 12, No. 2, Concerned Philosophers For Peace

Concerned Philosophers for Peace

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'Wait — Something’S Missing!': The Status Of Ethics In Basic Public Speaking Texts, Jon A. Hess Jun 1992

'Wait — Something’S Missing!': The Status Of Ethics In Basic Public Speaking Texts, Jon A. Hess

Communication Faculty Publications

The basic course is important to the welfare of the speech communication discipline. According to Seiler and McGukin (1989), the basic course is the mainstay of the discipline. Gibson, Hanna, and Leichty (1990) surveyed 423 institutions of higher education nationwide and found that at 92% of the schools’ enrollment in the basic course was increasing or holding steady (this is up from the figure of 88% reported in 1985). In a survey of college graduates, Pearson, Nelson, and Sorenson (1981) found that 93% believed that the basic speech course should be required for all students. Because of its popularity and …


Concerned Philosophers For Peace, Vol. 12, No. 1, Concerned Philosophers For Peace Apr 1992

Concerned Philosophers For Peace, Vol. 12, No. 1, Concerned Philosophers For Peace

Concerned Philosophers for Peace

No abstract provided.


Development, Ethics And The Ethics Of Nationalism, Messay Kebede Jan 1992

Development, Ethics And The Ethics Of Nationalism, Messay Kebede

Philosophy Faculty Publications

In a world which exhibits so much power and yet does so little to drive back underdevelopment, it is not to be wondered if the thinking endeavour is shrouded with the impression of being confronted with the greatest enigma, with the most disconcerting sphinx of all times. However, concerning this most pressing and controversial issue of underdevelopment, of all the disciplines which study man, philosophy is the one which until now said the least. Is this due to simple insensitiveness, or to pure neglect, or to the feeling of not being directly concerned? Whatever the reasons may be, the simple …