The moral life of babies. This is an article that also recently appeared in the New York Times Magazine.
It covers various scientific experiments to explore the mental life of babies, finding evidence of moral judgements, theory of mind, and theory of things (e.g. when two dolls are placed behind a screen, and the screen is removed, 5-month-old babies expect to see two dolls).
Unlike many psychological experiments which produce more noise than signal, “these results were not subtle; babies almost always showed this pattern of response.”
It also discusses various responses to the existence of innate morality, and the existence of “higher” adult morality—caring about people who cannot possibly be of any benefit to oneself.
The moral life of babies. This is an article that also recently appeared in the New York Times Magazine.
It covers various scientific experiments to explore the mental life of babies, finding evidence of moral judgements, theory of mind, and theory of things (e.g. when two dolls are placed behind a screen, and the screen is removed, 5-month-old babies expect to see two dolls).
Unlike many psychological experiments which produce more noise than signal, “these results were not subtle; babies almost always showed this pattern of response.”
It also discusses various responses to the existence of innate morality, and the existence of “higher” adult morality—caring about people who cannot possibly be of any benefit to oneself.