“动物福利”对中国来说是舶来品吗?

IF 1 4区 经济学 Q3 ECONOMICS
Junfeng Wang, Qinghua Chu, Lu Liu
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摘要

虽然中国文化一直强调“天人合一”(天人合一),但在中国促进动物福利仍然是一个挑战。本文认为,将“动物福利”视为舶来品的普遍观点在这一困难中发挥了重要作用,因为这意味着西方的动物福利概念与中国社会无关,因此可能不值得认真考虑。我们认为,尽管“动物福利”一词起源于西方,但其基本原则——同情动物——与中国传统哲学密切相关。对动物福利的关注在中国文化中根深蒂固,这反映在儒家、佛教和道教的教义中,也反映在历史实践中。不幸的是,这种文化传统被一种对传统的轻视态度和对自然的帝国主义态度所掩盖,这种态度往往把现代化等同于西方化。要真正推进中国的动物福利事业,必须复兴中国的传统价值观,特别是人与自然和谐相处的理念,这可以作为动物福利运动的坚实理论基础。
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Is “Animal Welfare” a Foreign Notion to China?

While Chinese culture has long emphasized “Tian ren he yi” (the oneness of nature and humanity), promoting animal welfare in China remains a challenge. This article suggests that the widespread view of “animal welfare” as an inherently foreign concept plays a significant role in this difficulty, as it implies that Western notions of animal welfare are irrelevant to Chinese society and thus may not warrant serious consideration. We argue that although the term “animal welfare” originated in the West, its underlying principle—compassion for animals—is closely aligned with traditional Chinese philosophy. Concern for animal welfare has deep roots in Chinese culture, as reflected in the teachings of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, as well as in historical practices. Unfortunately, this cultural tradition has been overshadowed by a modernization drive that has adopted a dismissive attitude toward tradition and an imperialistic attitude toward nature, often equating modernization with Westernization. To truly advance animal welfare in China, it is essential to revive traditional Chinese values, particularly the notion of harmony between humans and nature, which could serve as a solid theoretical foundation for the animal welfare movement.

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CiteScore
1.90
自引率
12.50%
发文量
39
期刊介绍: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology (AJES) was founded in 1941, with support from the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, to encourage the development of transdisciplinary solutions to social problems. In the introduction to the first issue, John Dewey observed that “the hostile state of the world and the intellectual division that has been built up in so-called ‘social science,’ are … reflections and expressions of the same fundamental causes.” Dewey commended this journal for its intention to promote “synthesis in the social field.” Dewey wrote those words almost six decades after the social science associations split off from the American Historical Association in pursuit of value-free knowledge derived from specialized disciplines. Since he wrote them, academic or disciplinary specialization has become even more pronounced. Multi-disciplinary work is superficially extolled in major universities, but practices and incentives still favor highly specialized work. The result is that academia has become a bastion of analytic excellence, breaking phenomena into components for intensive investigation, but it contributes little synthetic or holistic understanding that can aid society in finding solutions to contemporary problems. Analytic work remains important, but in response to the current lop-sided emphasis on specialization, the board of AJES has decided to return to its roots by emphasizing a more integrated and practical approach to knowledge.
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