APS

2024 APS Annual Convention

Beyond the Ordinary: Shedding Light on the Key Individual Differences of Morally Exceptional Individuals

Sunday, May 26, 2024 · San Francisco, CA

Oral · Personality/Emotion

This symposium highlights three investigations on the cognitive, affective, personality and moral characteristics of individuals of exceptional moral capacity – longtermists, effective altruists, and extraordinary altruists – shedding light on the underpinnings of prosociality and ethical decision-making.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Stylianos SyropoulosChair
    Boston College

Presentations

  1. Compassion Cartography: Mapping the Cognitive, Affective and Moral Landscape of Equality in AltruismKyle Law
  2. Do Good People Help Bad People? Cynicism and Sensitivity to Moral Status in Extraordinary AltruistsPaige Amormino
  3. Do Longtermists Only Care about the Future? Individual Differences of Extreme Intergenerational ConcernStylianos Syropoulos