In the last decade, several researchers explored the origin of the moral sense in preverbal infants, shedding light on the origin of morality. Undoubtedly, infants’ moral sense is much more sophisticated than originally thought. Infants demonstrated to be able to make social evaluations, also considering the agents’ intentions. Despite this evidence, different explanations for the moral development coexist and there is no consensus in the scientific community, as in the case of the debate between innatists and constructivists. Additionally, there is a lack of empirical contributions investigating the impact of the determinants on moral development, such as socio-emotional development and early environmental effects. To broaden the knowledge of socio-moral development, we welcome articles from different theoretical positions that focus on the methods used - from observation to neuroscience - and, when possible, on the applicative aspects.
a) To take stock of the different theoretical positions, and the methodological and applicative aspects of socio-moral development.
b) To provide a better understanding of the phenomena considering different perspectives and methods.
c) To provide a better understanding of the environmental and socio-affective determinants of the phenomena, also in light of the different methods of investigations used.
This Research Topic seeks to contribute to the debate by providing a collection of recent advances and novel contributions on the emergence and development of moral sense. Studies submitted and published for this research topic will ideally address two characteristics: a focus on exploring methods that are used by researcher according to different theoretical approaches, and a novel contribution to the literature on the socio-moral development. Contributions can be theoretical, systematic reviews of the literature, as well as original studies or brief reports, which present results from data collected in either typically or atypical developing community samples (infants, children, adolescents).
The themes are following:
- Moral judgment
- Prosociality
- Infancy, Childhood, Adolescence
- Parenting
- Environmental and socio-affective determinants
- Education and educational environment
- Socio-moral development
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In the last decade, several researchers explored the origin of the moral sense in preverbal infants, shedding light on the origin of morality. Undoubtedly, infants’ moral sense is much more sophisticated than originally thought. Infants demonstrated to be able to make social evaluations, also considering the agents’ intentions. Despite this evidence, different explanations for the moral development coexist and there is no consensus in the scientific community, as in the case of the debate between innatists and constructivists. Additionally, there is a lack of empirical contributions investigating the impact of the determinants on moral development, such as socio-emotional development and early environmental effects. To broaden the knowledge of socio-moral development, we welcome articles from different theoretical positions that focus on the methods used - from observation to neuroscience - and, when possible, on the applicative aspects.
a) To take stock of the different theoretical positions, and the methodological and applicative aspects of socio-moral development.
b) To provide a better understanding of the phenomena considering different perspectives and methods.
c) To provide a better understanding of the environmental and socio-affective determinants of the phenomena, also in light of the different methods of investigations used.
This Research Topic seeks to contribute to the debate by providing a collection of recent advances and novel contributions on the emergence and development of moral sense. Studies submitted and published for this research topic will ideally address two characteristics: a focus on exploring methods that are used by researcher according to different theoretical approaches, and a novel contribution to the literature on the socio-moral development. Contributions can be theoretical, systematic reviews of the literature, as well as original studies or brief reports, which present results from data collected in either typically or atypical developing community samples (infants, children, adolescents).
The themes are following:
- Moral judgment
- Prosociality
- Infancy, Childhood, Adolescence
- Parenting
- Environmental and socio-affective determinants
- Education and educational environment
- Socio-moral development
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