APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Do Children Judge Ownership Transgressions to be Conventional or Moral Violations?
- Nicholaus Noles
University of Louisville - Catherine McDermott
University of Louisville
Abstract
Ownership is an integral part of human interactions, but how do the social and rules that govern our relationships with property develop? We found that young children treat violations of ownership rules as moral transgressions, but that older children view these rules as more conventional.
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