“My Stroke of Insight” is a great book. Very readable.

Morality is survival in humans. We are the dominant species in our planet because of our ability to understand and empathize with others of our kind. That ability can be called an “instinct.” That is perhaps the best word for it.

@@CIS101 It’s too soon to call it a bipedal gait. But you can see that the baby has developed her feet for that very purpose.

@@CIS101 I am not denying or disputing your comment. I’m just looking at it as an evolutionary biologist and a “religious naturalist” (a better description of my world-view than “atheist.”) As a religious naturalist, I believe that human sociality (of which our inborn ethics and empathy are obvious parts) is a product of genetic mutation and natural selection. All human characteristics are. People seem to find it easier to understand that concept when I use the analogy of the bipedal gait. The human baby’s feet are adapted by evolution for the bipedal gait. So is everything else in her body and brain. Human characteristics evolved and every human has them. She will not have to be trained or socialized into upright walking. The commenter to whom you replied asserted that the behavior of the babies in the video is not attributable to “morality.” Perhaps they think that a human child must receive explicit instruction in how to behave like a human. I disagree. They then say it is “survival instinct.” I agree with that, if they mean “instinct” as an evolutionary biologist defines “instinct.” Her brain is fitted by evolution for the particularly Home sapiens version of sociality. That includes morality.

@@CIS101 I did, though.

i haven't encountered a good, decent, helpful, honest, kind or truly ethical person in 30 years. other than those i casually meet throughout a normal day everyone i actually get to know to any intimate level betrays me, uses me, decieves me, manipulates me or otherwise harms me in some way. this includes my own family, nieghbors, landlords, doctors, lawyers, cops and even bureacrats and others who's PAID to help me. the people who's JOB it is to help others treats me like crap, abuses me and neglects me. so whatever instincts we may have to help and be kind to others IS CORRUPTED by society and a thing called "rationalization." as long as people can convince themselves that they have no control over their own actions - for instance saying "i'm only doing my job" - they can rationalize their abuse and neglect of others. ITS SOCIETY which turns us into predators and fascists. as we age we learn to screw others for our own survival. isn't capitalism great?

Easy, Jody......

I think you completely lost the point of this study in a very disturbing direction, drawing erroneous conclusions, and complicating the results of a very simple study. *_It had NOTHING to do with proving children think *THEY_*_ are bad, but whether or not they could make the distinction of situations OUTSIDE OF THEMSELVES.*_ The development of personal identity and self worth is extremely complicated, with endless variables, so it’s meaningless to assign such meaningless comments about being bad making you feel good, or whatever it was that you said. It’s probably a good idea to stay away from psychology as a subject unless you take university level classes.

indeed, all these studies that involve money are used against us.

That doesn't change one's goodness or recognition of badness. Values won't change, just results.

It's the premise of MK Ultra, where you no longer trust yourself. This is a naif, many babies are hit on the head day one! Many normalize trauma, internalize, bond, etc. Poor infants. The obvious is always not so obvious to the academic science community. They drop animals from tall building to see if it hurts. Just, inane.

Yes Trauma …I’m guessing babies/infants and young children will always choose to stay with their mom ( or dad) even if they are abused by them as that’s all they know and they might be further traumatized if removed from them..as that’s their parent(s)..the ones they’ve bonded with or attached to in their home or environment. Might be another reason to go back to environments where it’s the elders and/or the village that raises the child ..🤔

@@trudycampbell4962 I have found that comparing our "modern" deteriorated (?) society filled with isolated nuclear families or even single parents are an artifact when compared with our ancestral tight knit migratory Hunter-Gatherer clan/band social structures, in which each child was precious and attended to by every other clan member. I liken our nuclear families/single parent "families" to the lifeboats bobbing in dangerous waters after the sinking of the mother ship (Titanic). We are nearing the end of times, IMHO. Climate collapse will do the rest, if not one war or another.

What study shows this

@@stacyscott4621 The 2,000 year history of them being booted from everywhere they've ever gone.

Aha