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Law KF, Campbell D, Gaesser B. Biased Benevolence: The Perceived Morality of Effective Altruism Across Social Distance. Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2021;1461672211002773doi: 10.1177/01461672211002773.
Law, K. F., Campbell, D., & Gaesser, B. (2021). Biased Benevolence: The Perceived Morality of Effective Altruism Across Social Distance. Personality & social psychology bulletin, 1461672211002773. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211002773
Law, Kyle Fiore, et al. "Biased Benevolence: The Perceived Morality of Effective Altruism Across Social Distance." Personality & social psychology bulletin vol. (2021): 1461672211002773. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211002773
Law KF, Campbell D, Gaesser B. Biased Benevolence: The Perceived Morality of Effective Altruism Across Social Distance. Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2021 Apr 17;1461672211002773. doi: 10.1177/01461672211002773. Epub 2021 Apr 17. PMID: 33870791.
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Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2021 Apr 17;1461672211002773. doi: 10.1177/01461672211002773. Epub 2021 Apr 17.

Biased Benevolence: The Perceived Morality of Effective Altruism Across Social Distance.

Personality & social psychology bulletin

Kyle Fiore Law, Dylan Campbell, Brendan Gaesser

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  1. University at Albany, State University of New York, USA.

PMID: 33870791 DOI: 10.1177/01461672211002773

Abstract

Is altruism always morally good, or is the morality of altruism fundamentally shaped by the social opportunity costs that often accompany helping decisions? Across four studies, we reveal that in cases of realistic tradeoffs in social distance for gains in welfare where helping socially distant others necessitates

Keywords: effective altruism; inequality; morality; prosocial behavior; social distance

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