Children are born with the ability to communicate their immediate needs to their mothers, nurses, or caregivers by crying or showing other emotions. As they develop their knowledge of language, they are able to point, look at objects, and smile to acknowledge whether or not they are satisfied with what they are receiving. Just like children are born with the ability to communicate their needs and emotions, as well as a desire. to pursue new things and master them, it makes sense that they have many other unexplained desires, including the desire to please, love, and feel empathy for others. Many studies have been done on infants in day care centers who cry to the sound of other infants crying. Some would say that this crying response is actually a warning sound, so to speak, that lets other babies know that there may be something to worry about. If there was a warning, it would seem that babies wouldn't cry because of a dirty diaper or hunger. I like to imagine that the other infants actually feel some sort of empathy for the original crier and display it through their disturbing cries. This is a type of display created by nature that is also seen with smaller animals. In a litter of puppies, when one starts to cry, all the others start to cry too. Monkeys display consoling behavior, “which is defined as providing reassuring bodily contact to others in distress” to demonstrate empathy (De Waal). Studies have shown that body touch has a calming effect on others in distress. Perhaps this bodily contact also benefits the monkey offering it by reducing its own pain caused by seeing the other in distress. Our emotions greatly influence how we process information and make moral judgments. We take these emotional feelings and turn them into information about our situation...... middle of paper ... themselves in another way, although he is not a murderer. He displays low sympathy towards others, has sublimated aggression, and enjoys driving others crazy. There are many psychopaths and sociopaths who display these obstructive behaviors and do not become murderers or criminals. Some of the best lawyers, CEOs, surgeons, clergymen, and police officers are fully functioning, law-abiding citizens. The Nature versus Nurture debate has been one of the longest and most enduring debates in our world. Despite any differences in beliefs, I believe that significant evidence suggests that there is reason to believe that our morality is not learned simply through imitation, coached ethics, or social cues (although those these play a role in its development), but that it, like so many other natural capacities of the body, is part of us from the development of our brain in utero..