Birgit Dummer, Rita Brodwolf, Peter Erath, Ph.D, students and Professor at
Catholic University Eichstaett
Germany
E-mail: peter.erath@ku-eichstaett.de

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JOURNAL ISSUE 9

2004/2005

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editorial

9.1 Exploring Meta-Ethics and Promoting a Culture of Peace Implication of Underlying Educational Perspectives and Approaches

9.2 The Immanent Heaven: spiritual (post)metaphysics and ethics in a postmodern era

9.3 From Golden to Platinum Rule – In Search of Meta-Ethics

9.4 Risk and Human Behavior: Its Relevance to Social Work

9.5 Therapeutic Play: With and Without Intervention

9.6 Adoption and Risk

9.7 Family Violence: Perception of Risk to Children

9.8 Social Work Theories and Risk: A German Perspective