The role of meat consumption in the denial of moral status and mind to meat animals

@article{Loughnan2010TheRO,
  title={The role of meat consumption in the denial of moral status and mind to meat animals},
  author={S. Loughnan and N. Haslam and B. Bastian},
  journal={Appetite},
  year={2010},
  volume={55},
  pages={156-159}
}
People enjoy eating meat but disapprove of harming animals. One resolution to this conflict is to withdraw moral concern from animals and deny their capacity to suffer. To test this possibility, we asked participants to eat dried beef or dried nuts and then indicate their moral concern for animals and judge the moral status and mental states of a cow. Eating meat reduced the perceived obligation to show moral concern for animals in general and the perceived moral status of the cow. It also… Expand
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