in press, Developmental Science Running head: CONTACT AND UTILITARIAN MORAL JUDGEMENTS The contact principle and utilitarian moral judgements in young children Sandra Pellizzoni University of Trieste Michael Siegal University of Trieste and University of Sheffield Luca Surian University of Trento This article was prepared with the support of an EU Marie Curie Chair, and grants from the Fondazione Benefica Kathleen Foreman-Casali and the Italian Ministry of Education FIRB and PRIN research programs. It has benefited from discussions at the AHRC Culture and the Mind Workshop in Sheffield, UK, October 2007. Some of the results were presented at the Sixth International Conference on Thinking, San Servolo Island, Venice, Italy, August 2008. Correspondence should be addressed to Luca Surian, Department of Cognitive Sciences and Education, University of Trento, Corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto (Trento), Italy. E-mail: luca.surian@unitn.it.