Reasoning to justify eating animals varies with age
The present study examined the justifications used by children, adolescents, and adults to
justify eating animals. Children (n= 100, M age= 9.82, SD= 0.77, female n= 49) as compared …
justify eating animals. Children (n= 100, M age= 9.82, SD= 0.77, female n= 49) as compared …
Minding Some Animals but Not Others: Strategic Attributions of Mental Capacities and Moral Worth to Animals Used for Food in Pescatarians, Vegetarians, and …
While moral concern for animals has become increasingly important for both consumer food
choice and food policy makers, previous research demonstrated that meat eaters attribute …
choice and food policy makers, previous research demonstrated that meat eaters attribute …
Eating pigs, not Peppa Pig: The effect of identifiability on children's propensity to humanize, befriend, and consume edible animals
This research aimed to provide experimental evidence on whether identifying an edible
animal by a name and specific preferences encourages children to perceive the animal as …
animal by a name and specific preferences encourages children to perceive the animal as …
Second-Class Animals: Systematic Discrimination of Farm Animals in German Biology Textbooks
E Folsche, M Büscher, S Muth, J Wöbking… - Anthrozoös, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Nonhuman animals are perceived differently depending on their relative use for humans.
While companion animals are anthropomorphized and assigned a high moral status, farm …
While companion animals are anthropomorphized and assigned a high moral status, farm …
Why Do Children Care More About Animals than Adults Do?
Children morally prioritize humans over animals less than adults do. Is this because children
are less speciesist—that is, they give less moral weight to mere species membership? Or is …
are less speciesist—that is, they give less moral weight to mere species membership? Or is …