Kyle Fiore Law

Why Poverty in the Present Matters for Intergenerational Concern and the Future of Humanity

Kyle Fiore Law, Stylianos Syropoulos, Amanda Signorini, Christina Jinhee Capozzoli et autres

Contrary to perceived tensions between addressing present and future societal needs, we find present-day poverty and inequality are deeply connected with attitudes toward far-future welfare at both societal and individual levels. Study 1 (144 countries) shows that poorer, more unequal nations score …

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Impartial Intergenerational Beneficence Predicts Interest in High‐Impact, Long‐Term Oriented Careers

Kyle Fiore Law, Aris Antoniadis, Liane Young, Daniela Goya‐Tocchetto et autres

ABSTRACT People spend around 80,000 h working in their lifetimes, making career choices highly impactful for personal and societal outcomes. This research explores whether impartial intergenerational beneficence (IIB)—the belief that future lives deserve high and equal moral consideration to present lives—predicts interest …

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Shifting Demographics, Shifting Perceptions: How Race and Politics Shape Reactions to the Majority-Minority Future

Deborah Wu, Stylianos Syropoulos, Andrea Mah, Kyle Fiore Law et autres

Racial minorities are expected to be a majority of the U.S. population by 2044. We examined predictors of Americans’ perceptions towards this racial demographic shift (RDS), how accurately they estimate others’ perceptions, and whether an intervention corrects people’s misperceptions. In Study 1, …

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In God We Trust, In AI We Ask: Religiosity and Moral Advice Seeking in the AI Age

Helen Huiting Zheng, Kyle Fiore Law, Sara Haman, David DeSteno et autres

As AI chatbots increasingly enter domains long considered uniquely human, such as moral guidance, questions arise about how they intersect with traditional frameworks like religion. While it is commonly assumed that religious individuals would resist AI intrusion in the moral sphere, we …

Ideological differences in moral concern reflect circle expansion, not inversion

Kyle Fiore Law, Seoyeon Bae, Liane Young, Stylianos Syropoulos

Abstract Do liberals prioritize distant others over close relationships, inverting the moral hierarchy? Across three studies, we test this claim directly. Study 1a analyzes a nationally representative U.S. sample ( N = 1000). Study 1b reanalyzes four Prolific samples ( N = …

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Future generations hold the lowest moral standing, even below present-day marginalized human and nonhuman outgroups

Christina Jinhee Capozzoli, Kyle Fiore Law, Stylianos Syropoulos

Climate change, poverty, and inequality pose significant threats to the well-being of future generations, making it essential to advocate for their interests in present-day decisions. Yet little is known about how people morally evaluate future generations relative to other distant groups, such …

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Extraordinary altruists are more prosocial but not more moral

Paige Amormino, Penny Li, Jeffrey Gao, Kyle Fiore Law et autres

Why do some people translate prosocial motives into costly action while most do not? Prevailing accounts in moral psychology emphasize moral values, judgments, and self-standards as primary drivers of prosocial behavior. However, these constructs often show weak correspondence with real-world action, reflecting …

In God We Trust, In AI We Ask: Religiosity and Moral Advice Seeking in the AI Age

Helen Huiting Zheng, Kyle Fiore Law, Sara Haman, David DeSteno et autres

As AI chatbots increasingly enter domains long considered uniquely human, such as moral guidance, questions arise about how they intersect with traditional frameworks like religion. While it is commonly assumed that religious individuals would resist AI intrusion in the moral sphere, we …

Americans underestimate national levels of concern for future generations: Evidence across collective, governmental and moral considerations

Kyle Fiore Law, Liane Young, Stylianos Syropoulos

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Presidential candidate endorsements by scientific journals decrease trust in science especially for moderate and conservative Americans

Stylianos Syropoulos, Kyle Fiore Law, Crystal Li, Bernhard Leidner et autres

Before the 2020 and 2024 US Presidential elections, several scientific journals publicly endorsed the Democratic candidates or opposed the Republican candidate. We conducted three highly-powered, pre-registered online experiments ( N = 6,281) to examine how these endorsements affected trust in science. Results …

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Examining the meaning of sustainability on the Moon

Marco A. Janssen, Kyle Fiore Law, Parvathy Prem, Stylianos Syropoulos et autres

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Concern for future generations predicts costly present‐day prosociality and extraordinary altruism: A case study of organ donorship

Grace Bauer, Kyle Fiore Law, Liane Young, Paige Amormino et autres

Are concerns for future generations and present-day prosociality at odds? Across three studies, we test the common assumption of a tradeoff between future-oriented concern and immediate helping behaviour. Drawing on theories of moral expansiveness, we examine whether individuals who report greater concern …

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