Mapping the moral architecture of effective and extraordinary altruism.

Kyle Fiore Law, Stylianos Syropoulos, Paige Amormino, Abigail Marsh, Liane Young, Brendan Bo O'Connor

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Article in PNAS nexus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kyle Fiore LawGlobal Futures School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5911-4772

Stylianos SyropoulosGlobal Futures School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.

Paige AmorminoDepartment of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2125-1047

Abigail MarshDepartment of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5635-181X

Liane YoungDepartment of Psychology & Neuroscience, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.

Brendan Bo O'ConnorDepartment of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5989-1632

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While global challenges demand both equitable and effective altruism, people often prioritize those nearby and overlook the impact of their prosocial actions. Here, we examined what moral values support altruism that is both equitable (helping others impartially regardless of proximity or group membership) and effective (helping impactfully by maximizing welfare gains). We studied two rare populations: effective altruists (EAs;

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effective altruismextraordinary altruismmoral foundationsmoralityprosocial behavior

Identifiers

PMID41163787

DOI10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf326

PMCPMC12560819

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