In a new paper published in PHAIR, we ask today's emerging adults in the UK whether they thought about stopping eating meat when they were younger...

📣 Speaker Announcement: We look forward to hearing about how (the lack of) moral concern for animals develops from an early age and across the lifespan” Join us at this year’s PHAIR Animal Advocacy Conference 2025 (July 2-5) in Edinburgh: phair2025.co.uk #phairconference2025 #moralpsychology

Most people enjoy meat—but rarely think about the animals behind it. So what happens when they do make that connection? 🐖 If you're curious, check out our new study: "‘Meating’ the animal and moral emotions" 🔎 doi.org/10.1016/j.ap... 🧵👇 (1/10) #MoralPsychology #MeatParadox #AnimalCruelty

Seminal study on how the world's population could sustainably feed itself - the EAT-Lancet study - recommended shift away from meat to more plan- based diet It faced fierce backlash We now know that backlash was fomented by PR company paid by the meat industry www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Our new animal #morality / #speciesism paper shows children deem it more morally wrong to eat meat than adults. They don't show (yet) the cognitive dissonance reducing reasoning about factory farming we adults use. #psychscisky #socialpsyc #moralPhil srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🔥 We are now welcoming submissions for the PHAIR Animal Advocacy Conference 2025 in Edinburgh! 🔥 We are inviting contributions in four different formats: Symposia, Standard Talks, Blitz Presentations, & Posters. Read the call for proposals and the submission guidelines here: PHAIR2025.co.uk

"Meating of the Minds: Who Denies Animal Mind in Response to the Meat Paradox?" New paper in PHAIR by Tan, Bastian, & Smillie exploring individual differences in the meat paradox. phairsociety.org/2024/12/02/p...