Home / Essays / Week 1: Are We Born Knowing Right From Wrong?

Week 1: Are We Born Knowing Right From Wrong?

Week 1: Are We Born Knowing Right From Wrong?

Last year an interested segment appeared on the CBS show 60 Minutes. The segment was titled “The Baby Lab.” It explored the questions “people have asked for as long as there have been people: are human beings inherently good? Are we born with a sense of morality or do we arrive blank slates, waiting for the world to teach us right from wrong? Or could it be worse: do we start out nasty, selfish devils, who need our parents, teachers, and religions to whip us into shape? After viewing the video ” (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.The Baby Lab” (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and completing this week’s assigned readings, do you think it is possible that we are born with a sense of morality and that we can differentiate right from wrong? If this is true, what are the implications?

Reminder: Font: use something standard and easily readable, such as Times New Roman, size 12. APA In-Text Citation

WPMessenger