Meat eaters encounter a conflict between their eating behavior and their affections toward
animals. Because this “meat paradox” highlights discrepancies between behavior and�…

Nonhuman animals are ubiquitous to human life, and permeate a diversity of social contexts
by providing humans with food and clothing, serving as participants in research, improving�…

" An important and groundbreaking contribution to the struggle for the welfare of animals."--
Yuval Harari, New York Times best-selling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind�…

We introduce and investigate the philosophical concept of 'speciesism'—the assignment of
different moral worth based on species membership—as a psychological construct. In five�…

Issues of social justice have been an important part of social psychology since the explosion
of psychological research that occurred during and after World War II. At that time�…

People are inseparable from natural ecosystems, and understanding how people think
about, experience, and interact with nature is crucial for promoting environmental�…

Animal Spaces, Beastly Places examines how animals interact and relate with people in
different ways. Using a comprehensive range of examples, which include feral cats and wild�…

A majority of people the world over eat meat, yet many of these same people experience
discomfort when the meat on their plate is linked to the death of animals. We draw on this�…

A good deal of research has recently focused on people's commitment to biodiversity
conservation by investigating their “willingness-to-pay”(WTP). Because of the public's self�…

Most people both eat animals and care about animals. Research has begun to examine the
psychological processes that allow people to negotiate this “meat paradox.” To understand�…