Human actions are largely responsible for environmental problems such as global warming
(Cook et al., 2013, Evans, 2018). It is therefore increasingly important to understand how …

We asked whether preschoolers view the environment as a moral concern. In Study 1,
preschoolers rated the morality of actions that harmed either the environment or another …

The current study asks how young children judge behaviors that harm the environment as
compared to moral transgressions, social-conventional transgressions, and personal …

Previous research has demonstrated that children take a strong moral stance toward
protecting the natural environment. However, the question of how this moralization of pro …

Moral evaluations of ecologically damaging events were studied in 5th, 8th, and 11th
graders and college students (N= 246). Participants made 4 kinds of judgments about 2 …

This research study sought to determine if vegetarian and nonvegetarian children differ in
their evaluations of animal suffering as compared to human suffering. In particular, we asked …

The current research asks whether children's judgments of harmful actions toward animals
depend on animals' perceived attractiveness. In Study 1, primary school children (N= 359) …

As environmental issues continually increase in our world, no research has studied how
moral identity (defined as moral values and motivation) relates to an individual's tendency …

Environmental morality is the foundation of a sustainable future, yet its ontogenetic origin
remains unknown. In the present study, we asked whether 7-month-olds have a sense of …

Today's children comprise the generation that will need to deal with the severe
consequences of climate change in the future. Hence, as stimulating children to grow up as …