New insights into the moral brain
Greetings leading brainers
I noticed yesterday that New Scientist (which I love) recently published two articles on topics that I had reported on almost a year ago (experts don’t give the best advice and seven habits to improve brain function). So I’m patting myself on the back for being ahead of the curve and delivering you brain and behavioural insights before the mainstream does.
Remember you heard it hear first!
So, I hope you enjoy your regular doses of brain and behaviour knowledge, shortened and made more readable — up today is morality and the brain and also the differences between conservative and liberal moral brains:
I do have a moral brain! I do! Don’t I?
Well, we know almost all babies have moral reasoning, so I suppose you have too
Do babies have moral reasoning?
Well, depends on what you mean by moral reasoning. But I have used some of the research into babies in my workshops for years. And it is well documented that babies make moral judgments — and this is good news. It means that morality is inborn.
Great!
But there is also downside to this because babies also show in-group (those similar to yourself) preferences and this includes punishing the out-group!
