DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x25101519 ISSN: 0140-525X
Morality is more than agreement: Negotiating justice, rights, and social inequalities
Audun Dahl, Melanie KillenAbstract
Contractualism is valuable, but morality is not a means to agreements for mutual benefit. Beyond what we expect others to agree to, morality is – by almost any definition – about what we think others ought to agree to. Children, youth, and adults form judgments about social inequalities based on reasoning about rights and justice, whether they expect agreement or not.