Babies are able to distinguish good and evil
The American scientists from Yale University have conducted a research and established that infants in the age of six months are capable not only to crawl and sound, but also to distinguish good and bad intentions of people.
According to new research, babies get social skills within the first several months of a life, therefore are capable to estimate intentions of other people, deciding who from them is a friend, and who - an enemy.
“We do not claim that babies reflect upon ethical questions, but they better treat those who act well, than those who do bad things. This is the basis of moral principles which are formed later”, - says the author of the research Kaily Hamlin.
The data of the experiment specify that people start to estimate associates from the social point of view at an early stage of development, - mark the authors of the research.