Explaining the U-Shaped Development of Intent-Based Moral Judgments

When preschoolers evaluate actions and agents, they typically neglect agents’ intentions and focus on action outcomes instead. By contrast, intentions count much more than outcomes for older children and adults. This phenomenon has traditionally been seen as evidence of a developmental change in chi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Margoni, Francesco, Surian, Luca
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4757665/