The rejection of animals as an indicator of fear of death

Abstract

This study tries to verify if, as the Terror Management Theory (TMT) points out, human being tends to distance himself from everything that reminds him of his finitude as a living being, of what makes it evident that death is unavoidable for people, and therefore causes great discomfort. For this, the study focuses on the differentiation of people from other animals, which is one of the issues covered by this theory into the cultural worldview. In this academic work, it is been distinguished between two groups: animalist people and non- animalist people; understanding that people of the first group accept themselves as animals, so they will experience less fear of death