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 …

This research explored early ecological-moral sense, by investigating 2.5-and 5-year-old
children's evaluations of overt and covert pro-environmental actions using both rewarding …

Although studies have shown that preschoolers can think pro-environmentally, whether they
can act pro-environmentally, especially at a personal cost, remains unexplored. We directly …

For the first time, we assessed 5-year-old children's choices between two different ways of
extending ethics to natural entities: the anthropocentric and the biocentric views. For the …

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 …

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 …

To effectively confront the enormous environmental challenges the earth is currently
experiencing, people will need to adopt more pro-environmental behaviours. In particular, a …

Little is known about the developmental course of young children's acquisition of pro-
environmental practices. This study takes a closer look at the relationship between age on 6 …

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 …