They propose ‘enlightened compassion’ as a distinct personality factor which seems to me to be pretty similar to the ‘expansive altruism’ construct mentioned in this forum post. The Melbourne Uni researchers find that ‘enlightened compassion’ is related to a combination of Agreeableness and Openness to Experience.
Thanks for posting this!
Do you know if any work has been done looking at associations between the Big 5 and EA?
I recently came across this work by researchers at the University of Melbourne: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1111/ajpy.12229
They propose ‘enlightened compassion’ as a distinct personality factor which seems to me to be pretty similar to the ‘expansive altruism’ construct mentioned in this forum post. The Melbourne Uni researchers find that ‘enlightened compassion’ is related to a combination of Agreeableness and Openness to Experience.