Do young children think that plants deserve morally-based respect or, on the contrary, do
they feel that respect for plant life is nothing more than another behavioural norm similar to …

Awareness of the individual's harmful impact on the environment has been rising in recent
years. One example of harmful impact is the littering of public spaces–which is significantly …

Adolescents today face the negative outcomes of climate change, and their pro-
environmental behavior is crucial to mitigate these negative outcomes. Yet, we know little …

Prosocial behavior is any (voluntary) behavior intended to benefit others, and it is one of the
potential contributions that an individual can make toward a more peaceful world. In this …

Until recently, the study of environmental beliefs and attitudes has been focused on adults.
However, a better understanding of children's environmental awareness is needed, since …

In this chapter we examine which indicators of environmental identity can explain children's
commitment to protect the natural environment. The indicators we focus on embrace …

In the last two decades, several developmental researchers explored the ontogenesis of
morality, revealing an earlier origin of the moral sense (Hamlin et al., 2007; Hamlin, 2013a) …

Environmental attitude and behavior are at the roots of a sustainable future, yet little is
known about their developmental origins in early childhood. This longitudinal study is the …

Many studies suggest that preschoolers initially privilege outcome over intention in their
moral judgments. The present findings reveal that, in contrast, even younger preschoolers …

In industrialized societies, adults exhibit stable preferences for the types of people, animals,
and entities they feel moral concern for (Crimston et al., 2016). Only one published study to …