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Dr. Melanie Joy on Going Beyond Carnism: Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows
Why do we love dogs, but eat cows?
Cooking up your golden retriever would be an unthinkable abomination. But barbecued beef? That's about as normal as it gets.
It's just the way things are.
But why? The logic and social mechanisms behind why we eat some animals and not others is a behavioral inconsistency unexamined to the point of absurdity — both psychologically complex and strange — very strange indeed.
Many guests on this podcast have elaborated on why we shouldn't eat meat. This week I sit down with Melanie Joy, Ph.D, Ed.M to explain why we do eat meat.
An idea she coined carnism, Dr…
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