Beboj montras indikaĵojn de moraleco eĉ antaŭ ol ili spertas multe da la mondo.

Lastatempa esplorado pri infana moraleco montras ke, ekde la aĝo de 14 monatoj, infanoj spontanee helpas aliajn sen atendo de rekompenco (Warneken & Tomasello, 2007).

Dum la lasta jardeko, moraleca esplorado pri infanoj kreskegis. Eksperimentoj nun konstatas, ke eĉ beboj montras instinktajn inklinojn por helpi aliajn.[1]

Pripensu lastatempan esploradon per pupoj kun beboj: Beboj rigardas pupan teatraĵon, en kiu, unu pupo estas helpema kaj alia pupo estas malhelpema. Eĉ tri-monataĝaj beboj respondas malsame al tiuj pupoj.[2]

Ses-monataĝaj beboj ankaŭ respondas afable al helpantoj.[3] Ekde la aĝo de 18 monatoj, infanoj mem volonte helpas, ke aliaj atingu siajn celojn.[4] Bon-socia konduto aperas inter infanoj tiel junaj kiel du-jaraĝaj.[5] Kaj tiel plu.

Multaj tenas la malĝustan kredon, ke homoj naskiĝas nur sinzorgaj, kaj tiam, iom post iom, moraliĝas per religia instruado.  Mankas pruvo por tiu kredo.[6] Ekzemple, en unu eksperimentaro, persono malsukcese etendas sian brakon al objekto. La plejparto de infanoj helpeme transdonas la objekton. Eĉ 14-monataĝaj infanoj klopodas helpi. En ĉi tiuj eksperimentoj, infanoj helpis aliajn en la daŭro de 6.9 sekundoj, meznombre.[7]

La junaĝa apero de morala konduto klarigas kial religioj kaj mond-vidpunktoj ne necesas, por ke moraleco ekaperu. Kunlaboremo, morala rezonado, socia taksado, kaj senpeta helpado estas denaskaj kaj universalaj.[8-15]

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