Many gifted children also show evidence of unusual moral sensitivity at young ages: http://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database/entry/A10135 … Eg: standing up to bullies, showing compassion for others, refusing to lie, being deeply upset by suffering and injustice in the world, questioning unfair rules.
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Gifted high-schoolers score higher than typical undergraduates on Kohlberg's test of moral development, which measures whether you use general principles to reason about moral dilemmas.
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I see a lot in the dominant culture that directly penalizes and pathologizes people who fit this profile.
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See: Aaron Swartz.
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There seems to be a strategic difference between ethics-following and rule-following (Aaron was the former). I wonder if there is work that explores this difference, and if it is correlated with neurotribes?
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