One influential view holds that children's sense of fairness emerges at age 8 and is rooted in
the development of an aversion to unequal resource distributions. Here, we suggest two …

Winner of the William James Book Award “Magisterial... Makes an impressive argument that
most distinctly human traits are established early in childhood and that the general …

Children's right to participate in all matters and decisions affecting them has gained
recognition in society. Its promotion is recommended from an early age–namely, in early …

Although psychologists have paid scant attention to the sense of obligation as a distinctly
human motivation, moral philosophers have identified two of its key features: First, it has a …

Should machines be judges? Some say" no," arguing that citizens would see robot-led legal
proceedings as procedurally unfair because the idea of" having your day in court" is thought …

Humans share with other mammals and primates many social motivations and emotions, but
they are also much more cooperative than even their closest primate relatives. Here I review …

Tomasello (2020) argues that a sense of moral obligation emerges from the creation of a
collaborative “we” motivating us to fulfill our cooperative duties. We suggest that “we” takes …

Previous studies have explored children's intergroup resource allocation in the context of
preexisting intergroup resource inequality. However, resource inequality between social …

Previous research has found that children's sharing with others relies on fairness norms, but
also varies according to their social relationships. The current study focuses on the conflict …

Tomasello frequently refers to joint commitment, but does not fully characterize it. In earlier
publications, I have offered a detailed account of joint commitment, tying it to a sense that the …