Extreme self-sacrifice beyond fusion: Moral expansiveness and the special case of allyship

Daniel Crimston, Matthew J. Hornsey

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Abstract

As a general theory of extreme self-sacrifice, Whitehouse's article misses one relevant dimension: people's willingness to fight and die in support of entities not bound by biological markers or ancestral kinship (allyship). We discuss research on moral expansiveness, which highlights individuals' capacity to self-sacrifice for targets that lie outside traditional in-group markers, including racial out-groups, animals, and the natural environment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)e198
JournalThe Behavioral and brain sciences
Volume41
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2018
Externally publishedYes

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