How Vegetarians Are Affected by Their Dietary Choices: Cognitive Dissonance and Plant-Based Diets
Event Type
Research Presentation
Location
Dana Science Building, 2nd floor
Start Date
24-4-2026 1:00 PM
End Date
24-4-2026 2:30 PM
Description
Using animals (clothes, entertainment, ingredients, services) but stating caring, respecting and loving them is a contradiction that often causes cognitive dissonance. Vegetarians and omnivores who claim caring about non-human animals are a little different from each other since vegetarians abstain from consuming certain (non-human) animals/animal byproducts. However, ultimately vegetarians still behave in a contradictory way not very different from omnivores, are they aware of this? Do they experience cognitive dissonance?
How Vegetarians Are Affected by Their Dietary Choices: Cognitive Dissonance and Plant-Based Diets
Dana Science Building, 2nd floor
Using animals (clothes, entertainment, ingredients, services) but stating caring, respecting and loving them is a contradiction that often causes cognitive dissonance. Vegetarians and omnivores who claim caring about non-human animals are a little different from each other since vegetarians abstain from consuming certain (non-human) animals/animal byproducts. However, ultimately vegetarians still behave in a contradictory way not very different from omnivores, are they aware of this? Do they experience cognitive dissonance?
Comments
Under the direction of Dr. Mary Jane Carmichael and Dr. Daniel Derringer.