The moral obligations of conflict and resistance

Behav Brain Sci. 2020 Apr 30:43:e75. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X19002401.

Abstract

Morality has two key features: (1) moral judgments are not solely determined by what your group thinks, and (2) moral judgments are often applied to members of other groups as well as your own group. Cooperative motives do not explain how young children reject unfairness, and assert moral obligations, both inside and outside their groups. Resistance and experience with conflicts, alongside cooperation, is key to the emergence and development of moral obligation.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Judgment
  • Moral Obligations*
  • Morals*