Social dominance orientation predicts lower moral condemnation of causing harm to animals

Jarmakowski, Tomasz; Radkiewicz, Piotr

doi:10.5114/cipp.2021.105732

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“…Individual factors related to our relationship with animals could be classified into two broad categories: relatively stable dispositions or factors more susceptible to change. Relatively stable dispositions include factors negatively related to violence against animals, such as empathy [27,[36][37][38][39], moral idealism [40,41], the moral foundation of care [4,12], values such as universalism [42], as well as positively related factors: dark triad traits [43][44][45], moral relativism [40,41], the moral foundation of authority [4,12], social dominance orientation [46], and values such as tradition, obedience, and security [42,47,48].…”

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Increased perception of the experience dimension of the animal mind reduces instrumental violence against animals

Potocka,

Bielecki

2023

PLoS ONE

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In this study, we investigated whether the perception of animal experience capacities, enabling individuals to recognize animals as moral patients, decreases instrumental violence against animals. Additionally, we aimed to distinguish this effect from the influence of perceptions of agency capacities, referred to as anthropomorphization. To achieve this, we conducted an online experimental study (N = 471, 54% women). Participants performed a manipulation task that increased their perception of the experience dimension of the animal mind and completed online questionnaires as part of a manipulation check to measure acceptance and intentions of instrumental violence against animals. Regression and mediation analyses revealed that increasing perception of the experience dimension of animal mind decreases instrumental violence against animals, particularly intentions to commit such violence, and this effect is unique and distinct from the effect of perception of the agency dimension, i.e., anthropomorphization. The key capacities in lowering violence were homeostatic emotions (pain, fear, hunger, and thirst) which indicate suffering that humans would want animals to avoid. However, when people perceive homeostatic emotions, increased perception of more complex capacities (anger, joy, pleasure, personality) and anthropomorphization do not result in an additional reduction in violence. We interpret these results to mean that people limit violence by using perception of animal experience capacities as pre-violation justification. These findings expand our knowledge about the functions of perception of experience capacities and demonstrate that people diminish animal experience capacities not only to rationalize violence but also as pre-violation justification to facilitate instrumental violence against animals.

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Increased perception of the experience dimension of the animal mind reduces instrumental violence against animals

Potocka,

Bielecki

2023

PLoS ONE

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“…People who score higher on SDO also score higher on speciesist attitudes (Caviola et al, 2019;Dhont et al, 2016;Graça et al, 2018;Hopwood & Bleidorn, 2020). They are more likely to think that hunting and fishing are justified (Hopwood & Bleidorn, 2020), more strongly endorse the use of animals by humans (Hyers, 2006), and are less likely to condemn acts of animal cruelty (Jarmakowski-Kostrzanowski & Radkiewicz, 2021). Several studies have shown that meat eaters score higher on SDO than vegetarians or vegans Krings et al, 2021;Veser et al, 2015) and high-SDO individuals are less motivated to reduce their meat consumption because of animal welfare concerns (Hopwood & Bleidorn, 2020).…”

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Prejudice across species lines: Testing for a link between the devaluation of humans and non-human animals

Jaeger¹

2023

Preprint

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People who are prejudiced against one social group also tend to be prejudiced against other social groups—they show generalized prejudice. Many scholars have noted parallels between the exploitation and marginalization of certain social groups (e.g., racism) and the treatment of non-human animals (i.e., speciesism), suggesting that generalized prejudice may even extend across species lines. Two studies tested this hypothesis using large and diverse participant samples and different operationalizations of prejudice. Study 1 (56759 participants from 46 European countries) showed a positive association between prejudice and human supremacy beliefs, a key feature of speciesist ideology. Study 2 (1566 Dutch participants) revealed positive associations between prejudice and a host of attitudes, emotional responses, and behaviors related to the exploitation of animals. These findings support recent theorizing on the common psychological roots (e.g., social dominance orientation) of both human-directed and animal-directed prejudice and attest to the generality of generalized prejudice.

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“…In Study 1A, we would like to show the specificity of the SI construct in relation to right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO). Numerous studies ( Asbrock et al, 2010 ; Duckitt & Sibley, 2007 ; Jarmakowski-Kostrzanowski & Radkiewicz, 2021 ; Roccato & Ricolfi, 2005 ) have shown that RWA and SDO independently predict generalized negativity to out-groups and moral condemnation of harming animals. The dual-process model of prejudice (DPM – Duckitt, 2006 ) proposes that RWA expresses the motivational goal of group security and order, whereas SDO expresses the motivational goal of group power and dominance.…”

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When out-groups are perceived as out of place: urban disorder sensitivity and environmental distance

Jaśkiewicz¹,

Sobiecki²

2021

Current Issues in Personality Psychology

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These studies aimed to determine whether a stronger preference for order, structure, and predictability in the urban environment (measured by the Space Intrusion subscale of the Urban Socio-Spatial Disorder Sensitivity Scale) and a higher score on the Out-Group Visual Encroachment scale are associated with more aversive reactions towards the idea of people of another race, ethnicity, or religion settling in the neighborhood. participants and procedureParticipants were recruited through online snowball sampling (pilot study) as well as from among university students. Students were also asked to send links to the study to their acquaintances. The pilot study, as well as Study 1B, were conducted online, whereas in Study 1A the paper-pencil method was used. resultsScores on the Space Intrusion subscale and the Out-group Visual Encroachment scale were associated with outgroup negativity. Out-group Visual Encroachment was found to mediate the relationship between Space Intrusion and environmental distance toward Muslims. conclusionsPerceiving out-groups as out of place is a joint product of environmental features (visual cues of belonging) and characteristics of the individual (sensitivity to urban disorder). The challenge for neighborhoods in times of increased migration is how to shape the public domain to increase the chances of strangers becoming more familiar.

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Social dominance orientation predicts lower moral condemnation of causing harm to animals

Cited by 6 publications

References 17 publications

Increased perception of the experience dimension of the animal mind reduces instrumental violence against animals

Increased perception of the experience dimension of the animal mind reduces instrumental violence against animals

Prejudice across species lines: Testing for a link between the devaluation of humans and non-human animals

When out-groups are perceived as out of place: urban disorder sensitivity and environmental distance

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