Name: 【TEDx】摒棄肉食主義，迎向理性 - 真誠的食物選擇 (Beyond Carnism and toward Rational, Authentic Food Choices | Melanie Joy | TEDxMünchen)
Uploaded: 2015-04-29T02:45:34.000Z
Duration: 18 min 53 s

程度副詞

Every day we engage in a behavior that is completely contrary

情態副詞

And I'm not talking about a modern technological practice

我不是指現代科技影響下的行為

such as posting embarrassing snapshots of one's unsuspecting partner on Facebook.

像是偷拍朋友的丟臉照放上臉書

I'm talking about an integral human behavior.

I'm talking about a deeply intimate behavior.

Every day we engage in a behavior that requires us

to distort our thoughts, numb our feelings

扭曲我們的思想、麻木我們的情感

that can make even the most stoic of us weep in sorrow.

And every day we could choose not to engage in this behavior,

except we don't realize that it's irrational.

We don't see that it's destructive and we don't even know we have a choice.

我們不明白其破壞性 甚至不知道能有所選擇

How can some of the most frequent and important choices we make,

這是人類所面臨 最頻繁也最重要的決定之一

How can the irrationality and destruction of a widespread behavior

這麼普遍的行為 當中的不合理及破壞性

These are the questions I asked when I began my nearly two decades of research

And what I discovered was not at all what I had expected.

As it turns out, there's a distinct underlying factor

that both drives our behavior and prevents us

from recognizing its irrationality and the destruction it causes.

也阻礙我們認清 這項行為的不合理和破壞性

and I'm here to share my findings with you.

And the good news is that simply becoming aware of this factor

enables us to reclaim our rationality and freedom of choice

就能使我們回歸理性與選擇自由

and become more active participants in creating a humane and just world.

25 years before I set foot in my first Harvard lecture.

早在我在哈佛教第一堂課的25年前

I received the Ahimsa Award at the British House of Commons

而獲得英國下議院和平獎的50年前

My family adopted a puppy we named Fritz.

我家以前領養了一隻狗，叫弗里茨

Now, Fritz was my first dog and he was also my first friend.

牠是我養的第一隻狗 也是我第一個朋友

And we even vomited together once during a sickening road trip.

我們甚至曾在長途旅程中 一起嘔吐

when he died at the age of 13 of liver cancer.

What I didn't realize back then was that my connection with Fritz

當時我不知道 我與弗里茲的感情

would lead to a discovery that would transform my worldview.

會促使我從事研究 並改變我對世界的看法

So I cared about Fritz and I'm not unique.

We teach our children to be kind to animals.

Our hearts leap when we witness them at play.

We recognize the injustice and feel outraged when they are abused.

看到動物受虐待 我們感到不平並為之憤怒

We share their fear, their joy, their sorrow.

對牠們的害怕、喜悅和傷悲感同身受

And how many of you have cared about a certain animal in your life?

有多少人在生命中 曾經在乎過某隻動物？

So to explain how my connection with my dog

led me to this stage, I'd like to do a thought experiment.

如何帶領我站上這講台 我想做一個思想實驗

Imagine that you're a guest at a dinner party

and your host serves you a dish that looks like this.

Consider whether you find this delicious or disgusting.

imagine you find it so delicious that you ask your host for the recipe.

想像一下你覺得太好吃 所以跟聚會主人要了食譜

And she replies the secret is in the meat.

Now take a moment to reflect on your thoughts and feelings.

現在花點時間注意你的想法與感受

Chances are, what you had just thought of as food,

What you just felt was delicious, you now feel is disgusting.

剛剛感受到的美味 現在只剩下噁心

Chances are, your experience of the meat dramatically changed.

你對這塊肉的觀感很可能徹底改變

Even though nothing about the meat itself actually changed.

Well, what changed is your perception of the meat.

When it comes to eating animals our perception is shaped

largely, if not entirely, by our culture.

In meat-eating cultures around the world,

out of over seven million animal species,

people tend to classify only a handful as edible.

All the rest are inedible and disgusting.

So the question is, why are we not disgusted

by the select species we have learned to think of as edible?

Have you ever wondered why you might eat certain animals but not others?

你可曾想過為何你只吃特定某些動物？

Have you ever wondered why you haven't wondered?

你可曾想過為何自己不覺得奇怪？

For much of my life I never wondered about my choice to eat certain animals

在我大半生中，我都沒想過這些

because I never even knew I had a choice.

No one had ever asked me if I believed in eating animals.

So, I never thought about how strange it was

that I could pet my dog with one hand, while I ate a pork chop with the other.

我一邊逗弄小狗一邊吃豬排 是多麼奇怪的事

who was at least as sentient and intelligent as my dog.

牠們的情感跟智力 至少跟我的狗一樣

And frankly I didn't want to think about this contradiction;

坦白說我不想去思考這樣的矛盾

It wasn't until 1989 that I started asking why.

I had been hospitalized after eating what would be my very last hamburger.

就在我吃了人生中最後一個漢堡 而住進醫院之後

A burger that was contaminated with the dangerous bacteria Campylobacter.

這塊漢堡肉嚴重受到曲狀桿菌感染

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