Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil

By Paul Bloom

Categories: Science & Math

Psychologist Paul Bloom shows that babies have a basic moral sense and explains how culture and reason build on it.

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• Sam Harris
• Shane Parrish: “I’m fascinated by morality. Some people believe that morality is mostly learned. Others think that we are born with a deep sense of good and evil. The truth is we acquire morality from both. We are born with a moral sense — a capacity to distinguish between kindness and cruelty.”