Ambition, Not Kindness, Divides Vegetarians from Meat-Eaters, Study Finds

Ambition, Not Kindness, Divides Vegetarians from Meat-Eaters, Study Finds

A new cross-cultural study found that vegetarians value ambition and personal achievement more than kindness or tradition. Credit: Ivar Leidus / CC BY-SA 4.0 A new international study challenges the widely held belief that vegetarianism is primarily rooted in compassion. Instead, the findings suggest that vegetarians may be more driven by ambition, self-expression, and independence than their meat-eating peers. Psychologist John B. Nezlek, from …