Is Morality an Innate Human Trait?

According to Dr. Paul Bloom, a psychology professor at Yale University, "A growing body of evidence suggests that humans do have a rudimentary moral sense from the very start of life."

In a research study, Bloom designed a set of experiments to test baby morality. The result? According to Bloom, "Babies possess certain moral foundations — the capacity and willingness to judge the actions of others, some sense of justice, gut responses to altruism and nastiness."

While Bloom is quick to state the research does not imply divine intervention, it certainly challenges the mainstream position that children are moral blank slates upon which anything can be written.