It fascinated me at how you can see how children develop ideas about morality. With the puzzle of the pirates and the sandwiches, it shows that at first we can’t analyze other people thoughts very well. But as we get older our brain are more capable of understanding how other people think, and to understand that they may have different morals and beliefs.
She also said that adults can struggle with the same thing. Since everyone develops differently, it also means that everyone think and acts differently as well. When comparing the results of the sugar experiment, adults thought Grace should be severely punished for a failed attempt to harm her friend and only slightly punished when she accidently killed her friend. Which do you think deserves more punishment? Why?
But the amazing part is when she talked about being able to change people’s thoughts using magnetic pulses. After she used the magnetic pulses to disorganize the neuron function in the brain regions, people’s morals changed. They now thought that Grace should be punished more for an accidental death compared to a failed attempt at harm. This new technology is hoped to be used to help children learn how to make fair moral decisions in the future.
