This thought has stayed with me for months... almost a year, in fact.
So when I came across this again today I was amazed and just thought I would quote it.
...there is a significant skewing to deep ethical concern for all people of the world, a great propensity for humanitarian thinking
This inclination to humanitarianism is actually a common trait in gifted children, often listed among various identifying characteristics for the gifted, and is alternately described as: "advanced moral reasoning", "well developed sense of justice", "moral sensitivity", "advanced ability to think about such abstract ideas as justice and fairness", "empathy", "compassion". Links to lists of gifted characteristics include several articles on the Davidson Database
here and
here,
SENG (Silverman),
SENG (Lovecky).
