From mechanical to autonomous agency: The relationship between children's moral judgments and their developing theories of mind

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 2004 English Publisher:Hindawi LimitedJournal:New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, volume 2,004, pages 19-36 (issn: 1520-3247, eissn: 1534-8687,

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Authors: Bryan W, Sokol; Michael J, Chandler; Christopher, Jones;

doi: 10.1002/cd.95

pmid: 15112533

From mechanical to autonomous agency: The relationship between children's moral judgments and their developing theories of mind

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Abstract

The authors criticize the central place of belief-desire psychology in the theories-of-mind enterprise. They detail the merits of adopting a more agentive framework for conceptualizing human action and demonstrate how children's growing understanding of epistemic agency relates to advances in moral reasoning.

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Keywords

Culture, Intention, Morals, Judgment, Child Development, Mental Processes, Personal Autonomy, Humans, Child, Comprehension, Ethical Theory

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