The social representation of animals and bioethics of protection: subsidies to build up humanitarian education

摘要: This study aims to identify the social representations that elementary school children from a public in Brasilia, Federal District do about animals. Four focus groups were conducted with children, and data interpreted light of bioethics protection, which argues moral patients are either harmed or vulnerable damage must be protected. The considers it is relevant know students animals support effective educational measures, will help prevent continued instrumental value assigned show this representation based on affection empathy for dogs cats, elective speciesism, related some species. finding tend follow socially connoted classification, indicating need adopt measures further break anthropocentric pattern guides human relationships other