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Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Moral Psychology
  • Folk Psychology

Background:

  • Fitouchi et al.'s theory posits that moralization of harmless acts stems from their perceived risk to future cooperation.
  • This theory suggests a link between understanding self-control and moral judgments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate young children as a test case for Fitouchi et al.'s theory.
  • To examine the relationship between the development of folk psychology of self-control and moralization in children.

Main Methods:

  • The study proposes using young children's behavior and judgments as a natural experiment.
  • It involves observing children's responses to violations of puritanical morality before and after the development of self-control beliefs.

Main Results:

  • The theory predicts children will initially be untroubled by puritanical moral violations.
  • An adult-like folk psychology of self-control is expected to emerge concurrently with disapproval of such violations.

Conclusions:

  • Young children's moral development provides a unique lens to test theories of moralization.
  • The findings could illuminate the cognitive underpinnings of moral judgments and self-control.