Moral Regard for Animals

Why we keep eating animals: Perspectives from social psychology. 

Handbook of Ethics and Social Psychology, 2025. 

Find it here

The development of humans' moral views of other animals. 

Child Development Perspectives, 2026.  Link

How children and adults value different animal lives. 

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 210, 105204. 

Find it here

Why children moralise harm to animals but not meat. 

Trends in Cognitive Sciences.  Link

From pets to pests: Testing the scope of the 'pets as ambassadors' hypothesis. 

Anthrozoös, 34(5), 707-722. Link  

[Coverage by Faunalytics]

How conflicted are farmers about meat? Livestock farmers' attachments to their animals and attitudes about meat. 

Psychology of Human-Animal Intergroup Relations, 1. 

Link to paper

Rationalizing the many uses of animals: Application of the 4N justifications beyond meat. 

Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin, 8(1), 1-22. 

link to article