Animal Consciousness and Ethics in Asia and the Pacific |
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Authors: | Darryl Macer |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba Science City 305, Japan |
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Abstract: | The interactions between humans, animals and the environment have shaped human values and ethics, not only the genes that
we are made of. The animal rights movement challenges human beings to reconsider interactions between humans and other animals,
and maybe connected to the environmental movement that begs us to recognize the fact that there are symbiotic relationships
between humans and all other organisms. The first part of this paper looks at types of bioethics, the implications of autonomy
and the value of being alive. Then the level of consciousness of these relationships are explored in survey results from Asia
and the Pacific, especially in the 1993 International Bioethics Survey conducted in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan,
New Zealand, The Philippines, Russia, Singapore and Thailand. Very few mentioned animal consciousness in the survey, but there
were more biocentric comments in Australia and Japan; and more comments with the idea of harmony including humans in Thailand.
Comparisons between questions and surveys will also be made, in an attempt to describe what people imagine animal consciousness
to be, and whether this relates to human ethics of the relationships.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | Animals Asia consciousness Australia Hong Kong India Israel Japan New Zealand The Philippines Russia Singapore Thailand |
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