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Kyle Fiore Law, PhD @kyleflaw.com · 21/09/2026

The Moral Psychology Preconference is back for #SPSP2027 We're accepting abstracts for posters and data blitz talks from scholars at all career stages, and we'll present a Best Poster Award. Submit here: spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2027-p... by October 8, 2026, 11:59 PM PT!

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Chaz Firestone @chazfirestone.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

nobody will remember: - papers you published - grant dollars you raised - citations you received people will remember - conference parties you hosted @socphilpsych.bsky.social #SPP2026

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On my way to my flight back to Arizona, I want to briefly contibute to the popular imagination by documenting that I had a wonderful time at the Society for Philosophy and Psychology 2026 annual meeting at The Johns Hopkins University.
Josh Rottman and Laura Soter curated a really stellar conference lineup and I had so many productive (and fun) conversations about morality, ethics, ontology, and metaphysics with new and old friends alike! Here's a photo to prove I was there — shoutout to Christina Jinhee Capozzoli for giving a sensational talk about our work on morality and social norms.
Also want to thank Chaz Firestone for hosting (and DJing) an absolute festival of a party and Paige Amormino for being such a good friend/collaborator!

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Wai Yen Tang Ph.D. @wytang.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Future generations hold the lowest moral standing, even below present-day marginalized human and nonhuman outgroups by Christina Jinhee Capozzoli, @kyleflaw.com & @stysyropoulos.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1368...

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Daryl Cameron @dcameron.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The Penn State Empathy & Moral Psychology (EMP) Lab, Spring 2026 bloom 🌸. Conference guest @kyleflaw.com dropped in a cameo. Cheers to @amormino.bsky.social @jdweng.bsky.social @farvk.bsky.social @jokretz.bsky.social, Izzy Griffith, and our many RAs who make this a cohesive scientific collaborative

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Paige, I saw this in time to squeeze it into tonight's newsletter! Thank you - buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

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Year 2, Week 14

Mar 28 - Apr 3, 2026 - birth days

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Paige Amormino @amormino.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I wrote this article to explain in plain English what is happening with the proposed 2027 NSF budget & why so many social psychologists are alarmed. THE GOOD NEWS: Congress has not finalized this yet. We have time to change Republican politicians’ minds. www.linkedin.com/pulse/saving...

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Saving SBE Starts Before the Bill Is Written

The FY2027 NSF budget request is alarming, but Congress has not made it law. That means there is still time for researchers and universities to act.

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Paige Amormino @amormino.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Saving SBE starts before the bill is written. SBE needs a distinct FY27 appropriation. If your sch. is on the list, get a group of colleagues to meet w your House/Sen. offices. Esp. for Republican seats, direct constituent comms matter. Timeline/templates/updates: www.paigeamormino.com/pages/9337

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Paige Amormino - Saving SBE starts before the bill is written.

Right now, NSF SBE does not have its own separate line of funding in the FY2027 budget structure. This matters because if SBE is not specifically protected ...

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Daryl Cameron @dcameron.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

That's not even counting additional talks by @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social @kyleflaw.com, Chuck Huff, Linda Trevino, Mary Beth Oliver, Simone Tang, Desiree Lim. It's going to be in person, also live-streamed on Zoom -- register at QR code or visit the event page: events.la.psu.edu/event/moral-....

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Moral Fragmentations and Boundaries | Liberal Arts Events

This event through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making will bring together several scholars in the social sciences and humanities to talk about different disciplinary approaches to the study of "f...

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Hugo Viciana @hugoviciana.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Interested in the moral psychology of intergenerational concern? Join us this Thursday for an online seminar this with @kyleflaw.com

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Kyle Fiore Law, PhD @kyleflaw.com · 13/12/2025

Our new @theconversation.com piece distills findings from our recent @pnas.org paper analyzing 38m U.S. obituaries (1998-2024). We examine which values families highlight when remembering loved ones and how those values shift over time and major events. theconversation.com/what-38-mill...

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What 38 million obituaries reveal about how Americans define a ‘life well lived’

Obituaries reveal shifting cultural values across time and place. Here’s a glimpse into how the moral vocabulary has evolved over several decades.

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Kyle Fiore Law, PhD @kyleflaw.com · 03/10/2025

Public displays of virtue like donating or speaking up can set norms, but they’re often met with skepticism (“virtue discounting”). Our new paper asks: do people expect their own public virtue to be judged differently than others’ similar actions? bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library

Public acts of virtue can promote prosocial norms yet are often met with moral scepticism – a phenomenon known as virtue discounting. What psychological processes might underlie people's propensity t....

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Kyle Fiore Law, PhD @kyleflaw.com · 27/08/2025

🪦 New in @pnas.org: we analyzed 38 million U.S. obituaries to ask what signals a life well lived: What values are people most remembered for? How do legacies shift with cultural events? How do age and gender shape what it means to have lived well? www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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An exploration of basic human values in 38 million obituaries over 30 years | PNAS

How societies remember the dead can reveal what people value in life. We analyzed 38 million obituaries from the United States to examine how perso...

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Kyle Fiore Law, PhD @kyleflaw.com · 17/08/2025

Across 6 European countries, people feel more responsible to protect future generations than to directly reduce climate change. Both forms of responsibility predict climate policy support. 🔗 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lcgHzzKDP... New paper w/ Zhaoquan Wang, @stysyropoulos.bsky.social, & many others.

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Kyle Fiore Law, PhD @kyleflaw.com · 05/08/2025

@seoyeonbae211.bsky.social and I spoke with @drjimdavies.bsky.social about our new preprint on altruistic motivation. Grateful for his thoughtful write-up in @nautil.us and the outstanding team behind this work (see below)!

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Kyle Fiore Law, PhD @kyleflaw.com · 03/06/2025

Excited to share @seoyeonbae211.bsky.social's first preprint—an ambitious global study of human motivation! Using data from 900,000+ people in 100+ countries, we find altruistic motives consistently outweigh egoistic ones across cultures. osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Kyle Fiore Law, PhD @kyleflaw.com · 29/05/2025

Across 3 studies, we find that valuing future lives equally—regardless of their distance in time—predicts stronger interest in long-term oriented, high-impact careers. Preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps... @stysyropoulos.bsky.social @amormino.bsky.social @lianeleeyoung.bsky.social

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Bastian Jaeger @bxjaeger.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Asking participants to roleplay as a leader of a committee protecting future generations & having them partake in a philosophical thought exercise emphasizing reduction of intergenerational harm increased moral concern felt towards future generations. @kyleflaw.com doi.org/10.1111/bjso...

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Stylianos Syropoulos @stysyropoulos.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

🚨 New preprint! What drives truly selfless giving? Led by @kyleflaw.bsky.social! We studied effective altruists (EAs) and organ donors to strangers (ODs) comparing them to controls. EAs & ODs ⬆️ moral expansiveness EAs ⬆️utilitarianism Notably, loyalty isn’t always parochial. 👀 🔗 in comments!

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 12/04/2025

I've added a list at the bottom of the post linking to some places you could donate to help programs affected by the foreign aid cuts. www.scientificdiscovery.dev/i/161097332/...

Where you can donate
Here is a brief list of some of the places you could donate.

GiveWell – A nonprofit that identifies and recommends some of the most cost-effective, evidence-based charities in global health. In response to the aid cuts, they’ve prioritized filling urgent funding gaps in malaria prevention, HIV testing, and healthcare worker training.

Project Resource Optimization – A team of researchers and cost-effectiveness analysts who built a live list of high-impact USAID-funded programs affected by the aid freeze. They’re talking regularly with implementing partners to identify the most urgent and cost-effective projects at risk of shutting down. On their ‘funding opportunities’ page, you can find programs directly affected and donate to them directly, or contact the research team for more information.

Foreign Aid Bridge Fund – An emergency philanthropic fund created to support lifesaving programs suddenly defunded by the foreign aid freeze. It focuses on bridging short-term gaps to prevent program collapse, such as HIV clinics in Kenya and Zimbabwe, health programs in Ethiopia, and disaster-resilient housing in Nepal.

Rapid Response Fund – Another emergency philanthropic fund launched by Founders Pledge and The Life You Can Save to quickly support top-rated global health and poverty programs facing sudden shortfalls. It provides emergency funding to keep high-impact interventions running during the aid cuts.

Gavi – A public-private global health partnership that provides vaccines to millions of children in low-income countries. The US, their largest donor (12%), withdrew all their funding for Gavi, putting global vaccination campaigns at risk.

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Kyle Fiore Law, PhD @kyleflaw.com · 02/04/2025

New preprint! Do people who care about future generations actually do less to help others today? Across 3 studies—including both deceased and non-directed living organ donors—we find the opposite: Concern for the distant future predicts altruism now. 🌍🫀 👉 tinyurl.com/23r4cakh

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Bastian Jaeger @bxjaeger.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

At the national and individual level, increased poverty was related to lower intergenerational concern and less support for farsighted policies @kyleflaw.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Paige Amormino @amormino.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

New paper w Georgetown’s Abigail Marsh & Wharton’s Annie Wilson. We develop & validate a short form of the Social Discounting Task—a behavioral measure of generosity that reliably tracks w other forms of altruism. Perfect for tight surveys or large-scale studies journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

Figure 2: A ggplot-generated graph depicting social discounting’s hyperbolic decline using behavioral data from the classic Social Discounting Task (slightly higher blue trend line) and the short form Social Discounting Task (slightly lower red line). Proportion of $ willing to forgo (y-axis) decreases as social distance (x-axis) increases.

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Stylianos Syropoulos @stysyropoulos.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

📢New preprint: shorturl.at/M77Bb We surveyed 1,798 psychology PhD students. Marginalized students and students experiencing financial strain report disparities in mental health, worse program satisfaction and poorer academic experiences. Funding & support are crucial to build a fairer academia!

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Stylianos Syropoulos @stysyropoulos.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

New preprint: shorturl.at/BZacg; with a team of 31 researchers! Low concern for infection + low political trust = less compliance with COVID-19 measures. Using data from 18 countries (N = 18k), we show how distrustful complacency undermines public health especially when leaders oppose science.

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Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

📣 Across the U.S., cuts to federal funding for health research are projected to cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. How will YOUR area be impacted? Excited to share SCIMaP, a website that our team has created to communicate the impact of funding cuts. #PsychSciSky #MedicalSky scienceimpacts.org

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Kyle Fiore Law, PhD @kyleflaw.com · 28/03/2025

New paper by @amormino.bsky.social and colleagues! They develop and validate a short form of the Social Discounting Task—a fast, reliable measure of how altruism declines with social distance. Perfect for tight surveys or large-scale studies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

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Stylianos Syropoulos @stysyropoulos.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Now officially out in @pnas.org with @greggsparkman.bsky.social! Almost 90% of Christian religious leaders believe in anthropogenic climate change. American congregants underestimate this consensus. Communicating this has important consequences for norms and beliefs! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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Bastian Jaeger @bxjaeger.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

More evidence from the US showing that endorsements of political candidates by scientific journals decreases trust in science @stysyropoulos.bsky.social @kyleflaw.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The Trump tax plan only works by cutting public services. This incredible visualization combines the potential tax cuts (which mostly go to the rich) and loss of services (mostly borne by the poor). It is a giant wealth transfer from the poorest to the richest. budgetlab.yale.edu/news/250319/...

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Kyle Fiore Law, PhD @kyleflaw.com · 19/03/2025

📢 New Preprint: Who cares about the future? We examine how age, ideology, SES, and other sociodemographic factors shape future-oriented thinking across 37,000+ participants worldwide. Check it out here: tinyurl.com/4et62tek @lianeleeyoung.bsky.social @stysyropoulos.bsky.social

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Paige Amormino @amormino.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

New Preprint: Social Discounting reliably predicts prosociality in meta-analysis & replication. Increased relational mobility (but not Ind-Col) predicts generosity toward distant others. All undergrads from our replication course are co-authors: tinyurl.com/4acvnbrb @kendraseaman.bsky.social

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Stylianos Syropoulos @stysyropoulos.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

New Preprint! How do scientific journal endorsements of political candidates impact trust in science? We find declines in trust, especially among moderates & conservatives, supporting research on motivated reasoning. Link: shorturl.at/76W4G #psychology

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/03/2025

But our work is far from done—science is still under attack. We’ve got ideas, but we want to hear from you. What’s worrying you most? What should we do next? How can we grow this movement together? Fill out this quick form to share your thoughts & stay connected: forms.gle/QAxH4wD4Y3sg...

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How do we keep Standing Up for Science?

A heartfelt thank you for everyone that Stood Up for Science with us on March 7th—whether it be volunteering, donating, sharing, or attending in event, we're forever indebted to people like you who ca...

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Kristian Steensen Nielsen @kristiansn89.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

How well do people understand the #climate impact of #behavior?🌱 In a new paper, we examine people’s climate-impact perceptions of different behaviors and lifestyles and whether these are linked to behavior and support for behavior-regulating climate policies 🧵 #GreenSky osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Kyle Fiore Law, PhD @kyleflaw.com · 08/03/2025

🚨 Arizonans: Science fuels jobs, innovation, & huge returns—every $1 in federal research brings >$4 back to the economy! In 2023 alone, AZ’s biotech industry drove >$40B impact & >40K jobs. Contact your reps & stand up for science! Thanks @lanishiota.bsky.social for organizing! #StandUpForScience

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Lani Shiota @lanishiota.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

So proud of Team #standupforscience in Phoenix today! If you missed it, there’s another one at 4:30, Tempe City Hall! @standupforscience.bsky.social

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Science Magazine @science.org · 07/03/2025

Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4

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Thousands gather across U.S. in Stand Up for Science events

Scientists rally across the country in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration

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Lani Shiota @lanishiota.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Just a couple more hours to #standupforscience in Phoenix! The sun’s out now, with little or no rain predicted. How do we know? SCIENCE! 😁

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Stylianos Syropoulos @stysyropoulos.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

New preprint! When people have more resources, they allocate more to future generations—but not proportionally more. SES also predicts greater willingness to sacrifice for future welfare. Tackling inequality and poverty might be key for longterm concern! tinyurl.com/46kcst28

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Kyle Fiore Law, PhD @kyleflaw.com · 25/02/2025

In another preprint, we (@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & @lianeleeyoung.bsky.social) found that Americans underestimate how many future generations others see as worthy of consideration in policy and collective decisions, a form of pluralistic ignorance that may hinder long-term action.

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Kyle Fiore Law, PhD @kyleflaw.com · 25/02/2025

We (@stysyropoulos.bsky.social, @jowylie.bsky.social, Gordon Kraft-Todd, @nathanliang.bsky.social, @lianeleeyoung.bsky.social) found striking self-serving asymmetries in how people judge others’ public virtue and how they expect their own to be judged. Check it out below!

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Sally Xie @xallysie.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Live from #spsp2025: @abdoe.bsky.social shedding light on pluralistic ignorance. Democrats & Republicans *believe* they fundamentally disagree on core values, but in reality, are far more similar than they are different (ds~=1.3)--despite real differences (e.g., in conformity & traditionalism).

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William J. Brady @williambrady.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

@madalina.bsky.social: sample of 63 countries test several interventions to increase climate policy support. Writing letter to future gen is best. Doom & gloom messaging great for increasing sharing but not for increasing support! #spsp2025 #comppsych

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Kyle Fiore Law, PhD @kyleflaw.com · 23/02/2025

Big thanks to @spspnews.bsky.social and everyone who attended our symposium on barriers and pathways to altruistic equality! We appreciate the engaging discussion and insights. Special thanks to Stephanie Preston for providing stellar moderation—your expertise and guidance was outstanding!

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Kyle Fiore Law, PhD @kyleflaw.com · 22/02/2025

Check out our new preprint where we revisit ideological differences in the moral circle.

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