Eight-month-old infants can punish antisocial behaviour, study says

For thousands of years, philosophers have pondered the question of whether humans are born with a'moral compass', or if we learn one as we grow older. Now, researchers have found that young babies can make moral judgements and punish antisocial behaviour – suggesting we're'inherently good' from birth. In experiments, the Japanese experts used eye-tracking technology to give eight-month-olds the power to punish a human-like blob on a computer screen. The babies were more inclined to give a punishment after they had seen it being violent towards a victim, the researchers found. Results suggest the motivation to give a punishment when it's due is intrinsic – something that we're born with – as opposed to learned.