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。当地球上的人口（过多）已经对稀缺资源造成压力，在人类和非人类的需求之间产生冲突时，这些问题正受到越来越多的关注。正是在我们的道德边界上，这些冲突将爆发，人类和非人类的权利和需求都将得到重视或被抛弃。这个项目将研究将道德关怀扩展到非人类的心理过程，以及这种扩展道德以满足人类需要的收益和成本。

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.