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Just babies : the origins of good and evil / Paul Bloom.

by Bloom, Paul, 1963-

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Crown Publishers, [2013]

Ethics -- Psychological aspects.

Child development.

9780307886842 (hc.)

0307886840 (hc.)

9780307886859 (trade paperback)

0307886859 (trade paperback)

Alternate title:

Origins of good and evil

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-263) and index.

Paul Bloom argues that humans are in fact hardwired with a sense of morality. Drawing upon years of original research at his Yale lab, he shows that babies and toddlers can judge the goodness and badness of others' actions; that they act to soothe those in distress; and that they feel guilt, shame, pride, and righteous anger. Yet this innate morality is tragically limited. Our natural strong moral feelings toward those in our own group--same family, same race--are offset by ingrained dislike, even hatred, of those in different groups. Just Babies argues that through intelligence and creativity we can transcend the primitive sense of morality we are born with.

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