Thanks Jason – I’m excited to see more research on this!
What do you make of the possibility of flow-through effects on long-term attitudes towards insects / invertebrates? For instance, one could argue that entomophagy is particularly relevant because it involves a lot of people directly harming insects – which might, similar to meat consumption, bias people against giving moral weight to insects. (On the other hand, we already engage in many other everyday practices that harm insects or invertebrates – even just walking around outside will squash some bugs.)
Perhaps it would be interesting to study how the saliency of causing direct harm to insects / invertebrates affects people’s attitude?
That’s a good point. I hadn’t really thought about the issue in those terms. I’ll bring it up with the rest of the team and see what they think. Thanks!
Thanks Jason – I’m excited to see more research on this!
What do you make of the possibility of flow-through effects on long-term attitudes towards insects / invertebrates? For instance, one could argue that entomophagy is particularly relevant because it involves a lot of people directly harming insects – which might, similar to meat consumption, bias people against giving moral weight to insects. (On the other hand, we already engage in many other everyday practices that harm insects or invertebrates – even just walking around outside will squash some bugs.)
Perhaps it would be interesting to study how the saliency of causing direct harm to insects / invertebrates affects people’s attitude?
Hi Tobias!
That’s a good point. I hadn’t really thought about the issue in those terms. I’ll bring it up with the rest of the team and see what they think. Thanks!