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Speciesism in everyday language. [PDF]
Br J Soc Psychol, 2023 Speciesism, like other forms of prejudice, is thought to be underpinned by biased patterns of language use. Thus far, however, psychological science has primarily focused on how speciesism is reflected in individuals’ thoughts as opposed to wider collective systems of meaning such as language. We present a large-scale quantitative test of speciesism by
Leach S, Kitchin AP, Sutton RM, Dhont K.
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Man's best friend(s): Effects of a brief befriending meditation on human-animal relations. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 In two studies using samples representative of the US adult population with regard to age, sex and ethnicity, we investigated relationships between loving-kindness and compassion-based practices with speciesism, animal solidarity and desire to help ...
Otto Simonsson +2 more
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Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022 Attitudes to animals and their use are becoming increasingly important for the success of conservation and environmental initiatives. Beliefs about animals, their perceived emotional appeal, as well as individuals’ moral capacities are all likely drivers
Sara Marriott, Helen J. Cassaday
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Where injustices (fail to) meet: newspaper coverage of speciesism, animal rights, and racism
Frontiers in CommunicationThis study examines the ways widely circulated U.S. newspapers have articulated the idea of “speciesism” and its associated idea “animal rights” in relation to “racism” to understand how powerful news media helps to shape the public understanding of the ...
Etsuko Kinefuchi
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Speciesism and the Wildlife Trade: Who gets Listed, Downlisted and Uplisted in CITES?
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2022 Wildlife faces a number of threats due to human activity, including overexploitation from excessive and/or illegal trade. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is the main international legal ...
Alison Hutchinson +2 more
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What Makes Us React to the Abuse of Pets, Protected Animals, and Farm Animals: The Role of Attitudes, Norms, and Moral Obligation [PDF]
AnimalsThis study tests a theoretical model explaining reactions to animal abuse in terms of attitudes, norms, and moral obligation, based on research concerning pro-environmental and anti-ecological behavior, as offenses against animals have been considered ...
Cristina Ruiz +3 more
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Rethinking love, independence, and speciesism in assistance dog discourse [PDF]
Frontiers in SociologyThis paper challenges the prevailing belief that assistance dogs inherently love their roles, arguing that the notion of “unconditional love” in discourses on assistance dog perpetuates a human-centric perspective and reinforces speciesism. It emphasizes
Birkan Taş
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Speciesism and Speciescentrism [PDF]
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 2021 AbstractThe term ‘speciesism’ was once coined to name discrimination against nonhuman animals (Ryder 1975) as well as the bias that such discrimination expresses (Singer 2009 [1975]). It has sparked a debate on criteria for being morally considerable and the relative significance of human and nonhuman animals’ interests.
Frauke Albersmeier
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Eating E.T.: Carnism and Speciesism
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2023 This article takes as its point of departure an event in which a plant-based version of the space alien, the Extra-Terrestrial (‘E.T.’), from the science fiction film bearing its name, was barbecued and served as a meal to participants at a conference ...
Ragnhild Sollund
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