Judgments of whether an action is morally wrong depend on who is involved and the nature
of their relationship. But how, when, and why social relationships shape moral judgments is …

To successfully navigate their social world, humans need to understand and map enduring
relationships between people: Humans need a concept of social affiliation. Here I propose …

Do children, like most adults, believe that only kin and close others are obligated to help one
another? In two studies (total N= 1140), we examined whether children (∼ 5-to∼ 10-yos) …

Despite recent advances, the origin and utility of consciousness remains under debate.
Using an evolutionary perspective on the origin of consciousness, this review elaborates on …

Moral reasoning is a central aspect of morality, and its acquisition is therefore a central
aspect of moral development. Children acquire moral norms through social interactions with …

Third-party intervention is a cornerstone of cooperative societies, yet we know little about
how children develop an understanding of this social behavior. The present work generates …

Philosophers and theologians have long distinguished between acts a good person is
obliged to do, and those that are supererogatory—going above and beyond what is …

By early childhood, children possess clear expectations about how resources should be,
and typically are, distributed, expecting and advocating for equal resource distributions to …

In collaborative decision‐making, partners compare reasons behind conflicting proposals
through meta‐talk. We investigated UK‐based preschoolers'(mixed socioeconomic status) …

Following a transgression, apologies serve as assurances of better future behaviour. Here,
we investigated 5-and 6-year-old children's responses when these assurances were …