James W. Prescott Quote

An infant or child is not "free" to select the nature of his sensory environment but is dependent upon adults for the quality of his sensory environment and, thus, [for] his neurobiological development and psychobiological predispositions for certain kinds of behavior. From this perspective, it is evident that before a child can reason and before reason can establish principles of moral behavior, the course of an ethical and moral life has already been set.


"Before Ethics and Morality" (1972)


An infant or child is not free to select the nature of his sensory environment but is dependent upon adults for the quality of his sensory...

An infant or child is not free to select the nature of his sensory environment but is dependent upon adults for the quality of his sensory...

An infant or child is not free to select the nature of his sensory environment but is dependent upon adults for the quality of his sensory...

An infant or child is not free to select the nature of his sensory environment but is dependent upon adults for the quality of his sensory...