Study Shows Conflicted Meat-Eaters in Denial That Meat-Animals Suffer
Date: 2010-08-06
A new study from the University of Kent has provided direct evidence that people who wish to escape the "meat paradox" i.e. simultaneously disliking hurting animals and enjoying eating meat, may do so by denying that the animal they ate had the capacity to suffer.
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