Until you are conscious of your conscience, you are morally unconscious.
Reasoning does create a paradox: it leads both to more rule following and more rebelliousness. By explaining moral principles, parents encourage their children to comply voluntarily with rules that align with important values and to question rules that don__. Good explanations enable children to develop a code of ethics that often coincides with societal expectations; when they don__ square up, children rely on the internal compass of values rather than the external compass of rules.
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Reasoning does create a paradox: it leads both to more rule following and more rebelliousness. By explaining moral principles, parents encourage their children to comply voluntarily with rules that align with important values and to question rules that don__. Good explanations enable children to develop a code of ethics that often coincides with societal expectations; when they don__ square up, children rely on the internal compass of values rather than the external compass of rules.
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