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only relative truth in them and therefore can be interpreted flexibly and even questioned. This belief deprives them of the chance to secure solid moral standards and induces misconceptions about what should be clearly right or wrong. In parallel with this inadequacy of the “decisionmaking” approach are the unexpected outes of those valueseducation programs focusing on students’ selfesteem that subscribe to the “nonjudgmental” mindset dominating “decisionmaking” curriculums. Their mistaken assumption that feeling good warrants morality excuses students from criticizing and disciplining their own behaviors. Basing his conclusion on his analysis of the fundamental flaws of the decisionmaking approach, Kilpatrick finally proposes an immediate shift back to character education which he believes teaches morality more effectively by emphasizing practice instead of discussion.