The limits of antiatheist prejudice: social perception of those who harm animals
The limits of antiatheist prejudice: social perception of those who harm animals
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Rabinovitch, Aleksandra
Cantarero, Katarzyna
Szocik, Konrad
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2023-05-03
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Social Psychology
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3
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54
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180-192
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1864-9335
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2023-10-24
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People tend to perceive atheists as being immoral. We tested whether this perception also applies to moral transgressions against animals. Study 1 (N = 288) and Study 2 (N = 306, pre-registered) utilized a conjunction fallacy paradigm to show that people attributed harming animals most frequently to criminals, then to God-believers, and least often to nonbelievers. Study 3 (N = 248, pre-registered) used a job-choice paradigm and found that people choose a God-believer over an atheist for a job involving animal harm because the God-believer was supposed to hold a more hierarchical view of the relationship between humans and animals than the atheist. Consequently, we discuss the limits of antiatheist prejudice in the domain of human–animal interactions.
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animal harm
animal exploitation
belief in God
religion
fundamentalism
atheism
anthropocentrism
ecological domination
hierarchical worldview
animal exploitation
belief in God
religion
fundamentalism
atheism
anthropocentrism
ecological domination
hierarchical worldview
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