Children construct their moral understanding on the bedrock of…
Children construct their moral understanding on the bedrock of the absolute moral truth that harm is wrong.
— from True North (Ethics, Integrity, Truth, Values) · Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
In the book
The Chinese sage Mencius said it well two thousand years ago: sound moral principles please the mind the way good food pleases the mouth. Children build their whole moral understanding on one piece of bedrock — the absolute sense that harm is wrong — and most of the rest grows up from there. But the wiring is just the start. — True North (Ethics, Integrity, Truth, Values)