Studies on dehumanization demonstrated that denying certain human
characteristics might serve as a strategy for moral disengagement. Meat
consumption—especially in the times of cruel animal farming—is
related to the exclusion of animals from the human scope of justice. In
the present research, it was hypothesized that the conception of human
uniqueness (denying animals certain psychological characteristics) might
be a strategy of meat‐eaters’ moral disengagement. Three studies …
