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The moral obligations of conflict and resistance

Year: 2020

Type: article

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.

Source: Behavioral and Brain Sciences

DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x19002401

Authors: Melanie Killen, Audun Dahl

Institutions: University of Maryland, College Park, University of California, Santa Cruz

Language: English

Topic: Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development