Are kids born with an innate sense of morality?

Question

I am looking for some scholarly books or articles on this topic.

Particularly interested in a kind of experiment of nature, such as the story of Romulus and Remus, or Maugli (Kipling): would a child raised without contact with other humans, have an "innate" sense of good versus evil?

Answer 1

thats a very interesting question. Im not sure it would be possible to have a scenario Romulus and Remus in the real world, and any experimental tests of this would be unethical to say the least and criminal. I have heard of people that have been seriously neglected early on to the point that they never learn language, and anyone raised in the wild or by non-humans would be very difficult to communicate with and  to find out their sense of morality because that is an abstract concept. Are you looking for a philosphical or a scientific psychological answer?

Answer 2

No.  References: research by Jean Piaget, Lawrence Kohlberg...morality changes and is linked to cognitive development.

Answer 3

No, kids do not see the consequences of their actions.

Answer 4

no morality is taught. the thing you have mentioned are about fictional  or mythical persons.

Answer 5

the answer is obviously no

Answer 6

There are genes that are linking with some aspects of sense of morality such as generosity and altruism-this fact is a result of an experiment-, but to develop a mature sense of morality depend on  the familiar and social environment influences also.

Answer 7

No.  Morals need to be taught.