Published: 2026-07-30

Animal Respect and the Light Triad: Humanism, Faith in Humanity, and Human Attitudes Toward Animals

Lada Kaliska Profil ORCID autora Lada Kaliska , Ján Kaliský Profil ORCID autora Ján Kaliský , Kristína Kazáňová Profil ORCID autora Kristína Kazáňová
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.21697/seb.5902

Abstract

This study examined whether animal respect is associated with selected prosocial dispositions measured by the Light Triad Scale and whether women report higher animal respect than men. An online questionnaire survey was completed by 294 adults. Animal respect was measured with the AniRe-Que, while prosocial personality was assessed using the Light Triad Scale, with particular attention to Humanism and Faith in Humanity. Because the Kantianism subscale showed insufficient internal consistency in this sample, the interpretation focused primarily on Humanism and Faith in Humanity. The results showed that animal respect was positively associated with the original Light Triad composite, Humanism, and Faith in Humanity, and these associations remained significant after controlling for age and gender. Women reported higher animal respect than men. In regression analyses, Humanism emerged as the only robust unique predictor of animal respect. The findings suggest that the humanistic dimension of prosocial personality is more closely linked to positive human–animal relations than the Light Triad construct as a whole and should be interpreted within broader frameworks of empathy, moral expansiveness, and speciesism.

Keywords:

attitudes toward animals, animal respect, animal ethics, prosocial personality, human–animal relations, Light Triad Scale, humanism, Faith in Humanity, speciesism, moral expansiveness

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Kaliska, L., Kaliský, J., & Kazáňová, K. (2026). Animal Respect and the Light Triad: Humanism, Faith in Humanity, and Human Attitudes Toward Animals. Studia Ecologiae Et Bioethicae. https://doi.org/10.21697/seb.5902

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