Do ultra precocious children qualify as moral adults?

Question

I'm thinking of the type of kid who goes to college at 8, has an IQ off the charts, runs a large charity organization by his/her self, and is best friends with presidents and Nobel laureates. (Yes, such kids do exist although they are rare)

Do they have the capacity to make all the same moral judgements that adults can make or are they just little kids with unusual talents? Anyone a parent of such a kid?

(I know this is unlikely to find you given that they are about .009% of the population or something like that but its worth a try)

Answer 1

yes they can be capable because they can look at situations from both views

Answer 2

I don't feel that they are capable to make adult decisions even though they can mentally calculate the square root of Pi to the nth digit. A major component of adult decisions is social and emotional age. I've had friends who skipped multiple grades in school (not exactly the same but still the same principle) and have had serious emotional adjustment issues. The same principle is displayed in savants I think. They can't care for themselves in a normal manner but due to a quirk of nature their brains can mentally calculate an intense math problem or memorize a complete musical composition with only one hearing. Just because one part of the brain is developed to a certain degree does not necessarily mean that all aspects of your brain are equally developed.