Avoiding Animal Suffering and Preserving Human Lives: Mind Perception and Speciesism in Moral Judgments of Torture and Killing
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Published online on October 16, 2025
Abstract
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Ahead of Print.
What is worse—torturing an animal or killing it? What about humans? In three studies (n= 472), torturing animals was perceived as worse than killing, but this was significantly reduced or reversed for humans. This was partially explained by mind-...
What is worse—torturing an animal or killing it? What about humans? In three studies (n= 472), torturing animals was perceived as worse than killing, but this was significantly reduced or reversed for humans. This was partially explained by mind-...