Conscience

At the age of six months babies can barely sit up – let along take their first tottering steps, crawl or talk.

But, according to psychologists, they have already developed a sense of moral code – and can tell the difference between good and evil.

via Babies know the difference between good and evil at six months, study reveals | Mail Online.

If there is such an innate knowledge of good/evil and a natural desire to punish evil and reward good, two thoughts occur to me.

1)  This fits with the concept of a Creator.  Beings created in His image, fallen though we may be, could be expected to possess this inherent morality.

2)  The post modern concept which suggests right/wrong are social constructs–not absolutes–is in need of serious tweaking.  How can they be mere social constructs when babies already possess a rudimentary understanding of them?

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