The role of mental state understanding in the development of moral cognition and moral action
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- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
- Vol. 2004 (103) , 37-49
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cd.96
Abstract
The authors explore children's use of intention information in evaluating the moral quality of others' actions. They also address links among mental state understanding, motives‐based moral reasoning, and children's own moral behavior.Keywords
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