Kristof Dhont, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Kent, UK, and Director of SHARKLab, studying human intergroup and human-animal relations. He investigates the psychological factors underpinning speciesism, racism, and sexism and serves as Associate Editor (Group Processes & Intergroup Relations) and Consulting Editor (European Journal of Personality).

Gordon Hodson, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at Brock University, Canada. His research interests include prejudice, dehumanization and speciesism, ideology, and intergroup contact. He is an Editor-in-Chief (European Review of Social Psychology) and Associate Editor (Group Processes & Intergroup Relations). He is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.

Acknowledgements

1. Loving and exploiting animals: An introduction

Kristof Dhont and Gordon Hodson

2. The animal in me: Understanding what brings us closer and pushes us away from other animals

Brock Bastian and Catherine Amiot

3. The psychology of speciesism

Kristof Dhont, Gordon Hodson, Ana C. Leite, and Alina Salmen

4. Putting the "Free" back in freedom: The failure and future of animal welfare science

Jessica Pierce

5. Devaluing animals, "animalistic" humans, and people who protect animals

Gordon Hodson, Kristof Dhont, and Megan Earle

6. Kittens, pigs, rats, and apes: The psychology of animal metaphors

Nick Haslam, Elise Holland, and Michelle Stratemeyer

7. Uncanny valley of the apes

Vanessa Woods and Brian Hare

8. Why people love animals yet continue to eat them

Jared Piazza

9. Featherless chickens and puppies that glow in the dark: Moral heuristics and the concept of animal "naturalness"

Christopher J. Holden and Harold Herzog

10. Accomplishing the most good for animals

Jon Bockman

11. The meat paradox

Steve Loughnan and Thomas Davies

12. How we love and hurt animals: Considering cognitive dissonance in young meat eaters

Hank Rothgerber

13. Humane hypocrisies: Making killing acceptable

John Sorenson

14. The end of factory farming: Changing hearts, minds, and the system

Gene Baur

15. Steakholders: How pragmatic strategies can make the animal protection movement more effective

Tobias Leenaert

16. Animals as social groups: An intergroup relations analysis of human-animal conflicts

Verónica Sevillano and Susan T. Fiske

17. The moral march to meatless meals: The scripted Hebrew meat prohibitions versus the unscripted path to becoming vegetarian or vegan

Paul Rozin and Matthew B. Ruby

18. The ground of animal ethics

Carol J. Adams and Matthew Calarco

19. So why do we love but exploit animals? Reflections and solutions

Gordon Hodson and Kristof Dhont