Citation
Bottomley, Ewan and Loughnan, Steve (2017) Chickening out of change: Will knowing more about thinking chickens change public perceptions?. Animal Sentience 17(8)
Commentary Type
Invited Commentary
Thread
Lori Marino, The inconvenient truth about thinking chickens
Abstract
This commentary examines the next step in Marino’s target article – changing people’s attitudes and beliefs about chickens. The scientific case seems clear: chickens are far more complex, psychologically and socially, than originally thought. Marino suggests we use this information to make people feel uncomfortable about their dietary choices in the hope of changing them. We review the psychological literature, examining how people maintain meat consumption despite the clash with their moral beliefs (the “meat paradox”). This work highlights the important gap between what science knows about animals and what people think about animals.
DOI
10.51291/2377-7478.1256
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