Older isn’t wiser in moral reasoning

From Washington, D.C., at the 108th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association

According to the 1920s-vintage ideas of psychologist Jean Piaget, moral reasoning matures just like abstract reasoning does. Followers of Piaget argue that children begin with the idea of immanent justice—the notion that the natural world punishes human misdeeds—but then outgrow such beliefs.