May 28, 2008 2:21:27 PM cite

Are we born with no imagination because we are too young to understand it? Or with no cognitive ability? What about a conscience? It seems to me that most have at least a vague feeling of right or wrong; and eventually what they agree with or not; what they live around, what they see, the things they suffer; these seem to me to be what more likely turn them AWAY from ethics; teaching them to ignore the conscience. Inclinations may be there from the beginning for "bad", but something other than strict outside rules seems to tame that to a degree in the very young. How many times on a playground do you hear someone yell, "That's not fair!"?

by April

May 29, 2008 2:45:11 AM cite

I think we're born with imagination and instinct, yes. Maybe not a conscience, because I think we'd be too young to understand right, wrong, justice, and injustice. I think we're pretty self-centered as children, and do what makes us happy. Or at least that's what I analyzed.

by odinthecrab