Moral frontiers: When the needs of humans and nonhumans collide.

关于资源的决策不仅仅是基于人类的需求。与动物权利、生物多样性和环境保护有关的问题在这些辩论中占有重要地位。这些问题正在受到越来越多的关注，因为地球上的人类（过多）人口已经对稀缺的资源造成压力，造成人类和非人类需求之间的冲突。正是在沿着我们的道德边界，这些冲突将爆发，人类和非人类的权利和需求同样被赋予价值或被抛弃。这个项目将研究在扩展的道德关注非人类和利益和成本，这种扩展的道德满足人类的需求所涉及的心理过程。

Decision making about resources is not simply based on human needs alone. Issues relating to animal rights, biodiversity, and environmental protection weigh heavily in these debates. These issues are receiving increased attention at a time when the human (over)population of the planet is already placing pressure on scare resources, creating conflict between the needs of humans and non-humans. It is along our moral frontiers where these conflicts will erupt and the rights and needs of humans and non-humans alike are given merit or discarded. This project will examine the psychological processes involved in extending moral concern to non-humans and the benefits and costs of this extended morality for the satisfaction of human needs.