Nostalgia: Do Babies Recognize Good & Evil?

This classic episode revisits some old "research" attempting to assess the inherent morality of humans found in the gaze of babies looking at puppets. If that sounds silly, it's because it is. Updated research further debunks this claim, indicating that the original studies were either flawed or fraud. Check it out with us!RecommendationsAbraham: Stamp Swap (https://store.stonemaiergames.com/products/stamp-swap?srsltid=AfmBOooiSGaFABDded13WGAuRsBhIQfMioQhfLInfjolangZWXPwLlre) Shane: SexABA Conference (https://www.sexaba.com/) Holidays (2/19/2025)Best Friends DayCoast Guard Reserves BirthdayInternational Tug-of-War DayIwo Jima DayNational Airboat DayNational Arabian Horse DayNational Chocolate Mint DayNational Lashes DayPrevent Plagiarism DayVet Girls Rock DayAlzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Staff Education WeekBird Health Awareness WeekLove Teaching WeekMake Mine ChocolateNational Condom WeekNational Pancake WeekNational Sauna WeekLinks and References: Obiols-Suari, N., & Marco-Pallarés, J. (2021). Does It Look Good or Evil? Children's Recognition of Moral Identities in Illustrations of Characters in Stories. Frontiers in psychology, 12, 552387. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.552387Hanesová D. Young Children’s Concepts of Good and Evil before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Research Study. Religions. 2021; 12(9):714. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12090714https://bigthink.com/thinking/are-we-born-evil/Dahl, A., & Killen, M. (2018). A Developmental Perspective on the Origins of Morality in Infancy and Early Childhood. Frontiers in psychology, 9, 1736. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01736https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/desc.13581https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.191795 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-we-do-what-we-do--3419521/support.