Fundamental moral intuitions about the wrongness of harming others and the rightness of fairness appear to
A)occur once the child reaches school age and experiences societal expectations.
B)develop once the young child is capable of explaining the norms of fairness.
C)occur during middle childhood as intuitive thinking increases.
D)be both biologically innate as well as developing through early childhood experiences.

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Fundamental moral intuitions about harm and fairness are considered to be both biologically innate and influenced by early childhood experiences. This suggests that such moral understandings are part of our human nature but are also shaped by the social and familial environments in which children grow.

Fundamental Moral Intuitions About the Wrongness of Harming Others and the Rightness