Discussing Ethical Limits of Animal Use with Students in Chinese Culture Discussing Ethical Limits of Animal Use with Students in Chinese Culture THE HIGH.

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Discussing Discussing ‘Ethical Limits of Animal Use’‘Ethical Limits of Animal Use’ with Students with Students in Chinese in Chinese Culture Culture

北京师范大学附属中学

THE HIGH SCHOOL

AFFILIATED TO BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY

李磊 leili

中药已禁止使用的原料

中药已禁止使用的原料

Material has been forbidden to use in Chinese Traditional Medicine.

tiger bones rhinoceros cornus

elephants teeth bears gallbladders

利用导管抽取熊胆汁

利用导管抽取熊胆汁

Bear’s gallbladder was contacted with the duct directly so that people could draw bile from it.

学生谈的一些例子

Students mentioned some instances. The skins of snakes were stripped when they were

alive in some restaurants.

Many chickens were closed in one small cage by t

heir sellers.

Some partner animals were abandoned and were t

reated badly.

……

学生的一些困惑

Students felt confused on:

What should be done when people are in real need o

f animal products as life-saveing medicines.

Whether people should eat meat when the right of a

nimals are emphasized .

Whether it is too cruel when people make use of ani

mals in Chinese traditional culture .

whether it is practical to make laws to protect the ani

mal rights in China.

公众对使用动物制品的态

公众对使用动物制品的态

度度

Take drawing bile from living bears for example. Some data inve

stigated by International Fund For Animal Welfare in Beijing and

Shanghai ：

70 percent of people never heard of it before, and when they knew it, more

than 86 percent of people thought it was very cruel, but at the same time, 30

percent of people thought that people could do it for the needs of human be

ings.

After they knew they could use substitutes, only 16 percent of people chos

e bear bile products products, because they believed that it was better to u

se natural products.

Even when people knew how cruel the way was to make animal products, t

here were still two thirds of people agreeing to use them, only because doct

ors said these animal products were useful for saving life. But if they were

merely ordinary medicines or tonics, there were only 11 percent of people a

greeing to use them.

学生对此讨论的结果

Students’ opinion to Chinese drugs : ‘necessity’ or ‘desire’ ?

The public had the right to know the facts in

Chinese Traditional Medicine making-process, and

the traditional Chinese medicine should develop

and make substitutes. Both the public and doctors

should do responsible choices at the base of

knowing the facts.

学生对其他问题的讨论

Students’ opinion to other question: Ethics reflect an idea in certain conditions of politics,

economics and culture.

China started a bit later than other countries at this

historical process, but the public had introspective

attitude about animal rights. Some traditional bad

habits are thrown away as the development of human

civilization. The Chinese people must take the

responsibility of protecting animal rights.

How to improve the Chinese people’s recognition of

animal rights, my students thought that making laws

as soon as possible was necessary.

学生的收获

Students’ gains: Using their own knowledge to discuss, analyze

and get conclusions by themselves.

Solving some problems and recognized their

responsibilities.

Willing to share their feelings with families and

friends.

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谢THANKS！