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Moral Circles And Mind Perception Shift Perceptions Of Effective Altruism, Kyle Fiore Law
Moral Circles And Mind Perception Shift Perceptions Of Effective Altruism, Kyle Fiore Law
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Across a re-analysis of an existing dataset (Study 1; N = 96) and a higher-powered new study (Study 2; N = 300), we reveal that moral valuation of environmentalism over humanitarianism predicts less favorable moral judgments of effective altruism (i.e., welfare-maximizing socially distant altruism directed at humans) that is performed at the exclusion of helping animals in need. Furthermore, this relationship is explained by tendencies in mind perception to dehumanize outgroup members and stigmatized humans, rather than tendencies to anthropomorphize animals (Study 2). These findings reveal that granular versus aggregate individual differences in moral circles and mind perception may be …
Against Empathy Bias : The Moral Value Of Equitable Empathy, Zoe Fowler
Against Empathy Bias : The Moral Value Of Equitable Empathy, Zoe Fowler
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Empathy has long been considered central in living a moral life. However, mounting evidence has shown that empathy is often biased towards (i.e., felt more strongly for) close and similar others, igniting a debate over whether empathy is inherently morally flawed and should be abandoned in efforts to strive towards greater equity. This debate has focused on whether empathy limits the scope of our morality, with little consideration of whether it may be our moral beliefs limiting our empathy. Across two studies conducted on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (N= 604), we investigate moral judgments of biased and equitable feelings of empathy. …