BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5643-525e1f6e5f2b8150fe38a6615467f11c@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260609T104927Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200427T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200427T143000 SUMMARY:Expanding Empathy Speaker Series: Paul Conway DESCRIPTION:\nTitle: \;Marrying Deontology and Utilitarianism with V irtue Ethics: Balancing Affective with Cognitive Processing Predicts Inc reased Prosociality and Reduced Antisociality\n\nAbstract: \;For mil lennia\, philosophers and scientists have debated whether morality prima rily entails rational or emotional processing\, while engaging in a seco nd debate regarding whether to focus on the morality of specific actions versus the moral tendencies of individuals. Across 15 studies (N ~ 5000 )\, I will aim to reconcile these debates by suggesting theoretical inte gration: people who tend to be most moral (virtue ethics) demonstrate a balance of affective and cognitive processing\, which leads them to a ba lanced consideration of utilitarian and deontological ethical concerns a t the level of individual moral decisions. People balancing affective wi th cognitive processing demonstrate increased prosociality and reduced a ntisociality on a variety of measures. Neither an absolute focus on rati onality nor emotionality\, nor on exclusively deontological or utilitari an concerns\, is associated with enhanced morality. Such findings requir e a conceptual overhaul of moral dilemma research and clarify the psycho logy of moral excellence.\n\nBio: \;Paul Conway is Assistant Profess or of Psychology at Florida State University and received his PhD from t he University of Western Ontario in 2013. \;I study the psychology o f morality and justice: How people think about good and bad\, right and wrong\, and whether to help or harm others. Some of my work examines the surprisingly complex ways that moral self-perceptions influence prosoci al behavior. Doing so not only advances theory\, but also suggests simpl e techniques for encouraging prosociality--for example\, try reminding a friend of something good they did over a year ago and they will be more likely to help you today. For my dissertation\, I applied a technique c alled process dissociation to moral dilemma decisions where causing harm maximizes outcomes. This procedure independently estimates the roles of affective reactions to harm versus cognitive evaluations of outcomes in moral decision-making\, thereby clarifying several conundrums in the fi eld. Currently\, I'\;m developing a model of individual differences i n moral judgment\, and examining how morality impacts person perception. I won the 2014 Dissertation Award from the Society for Experimental Soc ial Psychology\, the 2014 Governor General'\;s Academic Gold Medal\, and the 2013 Student Publication Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. \;My work primarily focuses on two streams. F irst\, I aim to clarify conceptual confusion regarding the processes und erlying moral dilemma judgments where causing harm maximizes outcomes. T his work involves techniques such as process dissociation\, as well as a new model of individual differences in moral thinking styles. Second\, I am increasingly interested in social perceptions of moral judgments&md ash\;how and why people react to others'\; moral judgments\, and how people adjust moral judgments to present themselves in socially optimal ways. Beyond that\, my interests are wide-ranging\, including work on pr osocial behavior\, self-sacrifice\, religiosity\, cultural differences\, social rejection\, self-control\, regret\, and political decision-makin g.\n\nThe Expanding Empathy Speaker Series is sponsored by the Moral Age ncy and Moral Development Initiative in the Rock Ethics Institute\,  \;with support from the College of the Liberal Arts\, the College of Hea lth and Human Development\, the Department of Psychology\, the Edna Benn ett Pierce Prevention Research Center\, and the University Libraries.\n\ nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/expanding_empathy_spe aker_series_paul_conway/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Title:&n bsp;Marrying Deontology and Utilitarianism with Virtue Ethics: Balancing Affective with Cognitive Processing Predicts Increased Prosociality and Reduced Antisociality

Abstract: For millennia, philos ophers and scientists have debated whether morality primarily entails ra tional or emotional processing, while engaging in a second debate regard ing whether to focus on the morality of specific actions versus the mora l tendencies of individuals. Across 15 studies (N ~ 5000), I will aim to reconcile these debates by suggesting theoretical integration: people w ho tend to be most moral (virtue ethics) demonstrate a balance of affect ive and cognitive processing, which leads them to a balanced considerati on of utilitarian and deontological ethical concerns at the level of ind ividual moral decisions. People balancing affective with cognitive proce ssing demonstrate increased prosociality and reduced antisociality on a variety of measures. Neither an absolute focus on rationality nor emotio nality, nor on exclusively deontological or utilitarian concerns, is ass ociated with enhanced morality. Such findings require a conceptual overh aul of moral dilemma research and clarify the psychology of moral excell ence.

Bio: Paul Conway is Assistant Professor of Psychology a t Florida State University and received his PhD from the University of W estern Ontario in 2013. I study the psychology of morality and just ice: How people think about good and bad, right and wrong, and whether t o help or harm others. Some of my work examines the surprisingly complex ways that moral self-perceptions influence prosocial behavior. Doing so not only advances theory, but also suggests simple techniques for encou raging prosociality--for example, try reminding a friend of something go od they did over a year ago and they will be more likely to help you tod ay. For my dissertation, I applied a technique called process dissociati on to moral dilemma decisions where causing harm maximizes outcomes. Thi s procedure independently estimates the roles of affective reactions to harm versus cognitive evaluations of outcomes in moral decision-making, thereby clarifying several conundrums in the field. Currently, I'm d eveloping a model of individual differences in moral judgment, and exami ning how morality impacts person perception. I won the 2014 Dissertation Award from the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, the 2014 Gov ernor General's Academic Gold Medal, and the 2013 Student Publicatio n Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. My work primarily focuses on two streams. First, I aim to clarify conceptua l confusion regarding the processes underlying moral dilemma judgments w here causing harm maximizes outcomes. This work involves techniques such as process dissociation, as well as a new model of individual differenc es in moral thinking styles. Second, I am increasingly interested in soc ial perceptions of moral judgments—how and why people react to oth ers' moral judgments, and how people adjust moral judgments to prese nt themselves in socially optimal ways. Beyond that, my interests are wi de-ranging, including work on prosocial behavior, self-sacrifice, religi osity, cultural differences, social rejection, self-control, regret, and political decision-making.

The Expanding Empathy Speaker Series i s sponsored by the Moral Agency and Moral Development Initiative in the Rock Ethics Institute, with support from the College of the Liberal Arts, the College of Health and Human Development, the Department of Ps ychology, the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, and the Un iversity Libraries.

For more details: https://even ts.la.psu.edu/event/expanding_empathy_speaker_series_paul_conway/

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