Well, it appears the particular child does understand what it means, in the sense of the morality computation being internalized, so actions can reliably be classified as “right” or “wrong”. But unfortunately, “so will do what’s right” does not follow.
Obviously, I don’t want to simply demand obedience or lie. Emotional pressure works—me being disappointed, etc—but it doesn’t feel right to me, and so I’m not good at it.
Well, it appears the particular child does understand what it means, in the sense of the morality computation being internalized, so actions can reliably be classified as “right” or “wrong”. But unfortunately, “so will do what’s right” does not follow.
Obviously, I don’t want to simply demand obedience or lie. Emotional pressure works—me being disappointed, etc—but it doesn’t feel right to me, and so I’m not good at it.
Sorry, I was making Socrates’s mistake there, I think.