Don't mind meat? the denial of mind to animals used for human consumption

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 247-256

  Bastian, Brock ^a   Loughnan, Steve ^b   Haslam, Nick ^c   Radke, Helena R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

animals; dementalization; meat; mind attribution; morality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CARNIVORY; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84856154941     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211424291     Document Type: Article

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