“Babies have this respect for others hard wired in.”
That is not my experience or observation. Exactly the opposite, in fact. Babies have not respect for others. It is all “me,me,me”. Children have to be taught respect for others. The default is the child’s intrinsic “me, me, me”.
If the respect of respect for others is not taught, we end up with the criminal situation we see in the urban core.
Both Christianity (original sin) and science show that children are intrinsically selfish and have to learn respect for others. Rational self interest shows respect for others, but children have to learn it.
“not respect” should be “no respect”
“respect of respect” should be “respect”
Slow response the keyboard this morning..