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#422 Michael Tomasello: Interdependence, Shared Intentionality, Culture, and Morality

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What Is the Difference Between Natural Morality and Cultural Morality?

Natural morality is the groundin and it's grounded in sympathy, which we've talked about. And i think you can see this in young children. They both have a sense of sympathy and helping, and they also have a sense off obligation to others. So if they collaborate with another, in another kid, they will share much more freely than they do on their own. But after around age three or so, they are learning the particular social and moral norms of their culture. Those will be different from culture to culture. It may be impolite to behave a certain way toward adults, and in my culture, it's not.

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