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Yes Virginia, There is right and wrong! Kathleen M. Gow, John Wiley and Sons, New York. 1980, 248 pp. The authors maintains that the speed and complexity of our society show plainly that our children and youth need more than ever to learn how to analyze moral issues and how to arrive at moral judgments. Such frightening statistics as crime, alcoholism, out-of-wedlock pregnancies, and suicide yearly escalations highlight the increased need for instruction in moral values. In this book there is a right and wrong value education survival kit Here the author analyzes from a broad perspective the MVE programs and models that have been created in North America. Questions are raised about the many philosophical promises on which the models are based. I he author challenges parents, educators, and professionals not to accept values education as a panacea, but to look beneath the labels of MVE package in order to grapple with the key issues surrounding the teaching of values education. In addition, the author gives concrete proposals on what to do.