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Late Today
- White Ravens
- Categories:Picture Books
- Language:Korean（Translation Services Available）
- Publication Place:South Korea
- Publication date:October,2022
- Pages:32
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Feature
In the small, everyday moments when we face a choice, "What choice would you make?"
From the moment we open our eyes in the morning until we fall asleep at night, we make dozens, even hundreds, of choices. Perhaps life itself is the sum of momentary choices, daily choices, weekly choices, yearly choices, and a lifetime of choices.
Lateness is a picture book that, in those small, everyday moments of decision, poses the question: "What choice would you make?"
There is no right answer. Whatever choice you make is your own freedom. However, we can still reflect on what constitutes a better choice for becoming a better person and living a better life.
This book offers its readers the gift of time to think about what that choice might be.
From the moment we open our eyes in the morning until we fall asleep at night, we make dozens, even hundreds, of choices. Perhaps life itself is the sum of momentary choices, daily choices, weekly choices, yearly choices, and a lifetime of choices.
Lateness is a picture book that, in those small, everyday moments of decision, poses the question: "What choice would you make?"
There is no right answer. Whatever choice you make is your own freedom. However, we can still reflect on what constitutes a better choice for becoming a better person and living a better life.
This book offers its readers the gift of time to think about what that choice might be.
Description
How we treat animals reflects "how we treat the weak"
Our attitude toward animals is an "attitude for the weak"
Only when we become a society that cares for non-human beings can human rights also be protected!
On a busy morning, people who see a lost kitten wandering on the road might think, "Should I stop for a moment and save the kitten, even if it makes me late?" But soon they turn away and ignore it. Why? Perhaps what follows, unspoken, is: "It's not even a person, so…" If that is the case, questions multiply. Is an animal's life different from a human's? Do animals have rights? Are animals legally classified as persons or as things? Does our responsibility toward other beings extend only to members of our own species—that is, to humans? To what extent should we include individual beings capable of suffering within our circle of moral consideration? This book, from the perspective of animal ethics—which speaks of our responsibilities toward animals—examines these potentially confusing questions at a child's eye level. By allowing readers to weigh their own choices in very ordinary, realistic situations, it helps each person form their own views on animal rights.
Under Article 98 of the Korean Civil Act, the legal status of animals in Korea is currently that of "things." Austria (1988), Germany (1990), and Switzerland (2002) revised their civil codes to declare that "animals are not things," granting animals a third status between persons and things, and have since implemented various legislative measures accordingly. In Korea, however, although the Ministry of Justice has given legislative notice of a civil code amendment that includes the clause "animals are not things," proper discussion has yet to take place. The amendment aims to "recognize animals as having a third status—neither persons nor things," with the stated intention of no longer treating animals as things and granting them legal status.
Our attitude toward animals is also an "attitude for the weak." FBI crime analysis research states: "When profiling serious criminals or psychopaths, it is found that their crimes mostly began with animal abuse. They turn beings weaker than themselves into targets of criminal acts." The heart we hold for animals is likely no different from the attitude we hold within ourselves toward the weak. In a society that considers the life of a small kitten as having value comparable to being late for work, the attitude toward the weak would not be very different either. I hope this picture book serves as a starting point for children to think about the fact that only when we become a society that also cares for non-human beings can human rights be protected.
Our attitude toward animals is an "attitude for the weak"
Only when we become a society that cares for non-human beings can human rights also be protected!
On a busy morning, people who see a lost kitten wandering on the road might think, "Should I stop for a moment and save the kitten, even if it makes me late?" But soon they turn away and ignore it. Why? Perhaps what follows, unspoken, is: "It's not even a person, so…" If that is the case, questions multiply. Is an animal's life different from a human's? Do animals have rights? Are animals legally classified as persons or as things? Does our responsibility toward other beings extend only to members of our own species—that is, to humans? To what extent should we include individual beings capable of suffering within our circle of moral consideration? This book, from the perspective of animal ethics—which speaks of our responsibilities toward animals—examines these potentially confusing questions at a child's eye level. By allowing readers to weigh their own choices in very ordinary, realistic situations, it helps each person form their own views on animal rights.
Under Article 98 of the Korean Civil Act, the legal status of animals in Korea is currently that of "things." Austria (1988), Germany (1990), and Switzerland (2002) revised their civil codes to declare that "animals are not things," granting animals a third status between persons and things, and have since implemented various legislative measures accordingly. In Korea, however, although the Ministry of Justice has given legislative notice of a civil code amendment that includes the clause "animals are not things," proper discussion has yet to take place. The amendment aims to "recognize animals as having a third status—neither persons nor things," with the stated intention of no longer treating animals as things and granting them legal status.
Our attitude toward animals is also an "attitude for the weak." FBI crime analysis research states: "When profiling serious criminals or psychopaths, it is found that their crimes mostly began with animal abuse. They turn beings weaker than themselves into targets of criminal acts." The heart we hold for animals is likely no different from the attitude we hold within ourselves toward the weak. In a society that considers the life of a small kitten as having value comparable to being late for work, the attitude toward the weak would not be very different either. I hope this picture book serves as a starting point for children to think about the fact that only when we become a society that also cares for non-human beings can human rights be protected.
Author
Heo Jung-yoon
Children's story writer. Heo Jung-yoon studied Child Studies at university and Early Childhood Education & Pedagogy at graduate school. She works as a picture book author, animation director, and university professor. In 2017, her book The Transparent Tree was selected for the White Ravens (International Children's and Youth Literature) in Germany. In 2022, Please Borrow Dad was selected for The BRAW Amazing Bookshelf.
She has written and illustrated the picture books Eobuba, Monkey School, Koji the Booger, Koji the Booger Who Escaped the Nostril, and Koji the Booger Waiting for the First Snow. She has written the text for Please Borrow Dad, I Eat Rice Every Day, We Are Here, Zoo, 63 Days, Brother and Sister, Lulu the Hunter, Yellow Rain Boots, and The Transparent Tree.
She confesses her regret and sorrow to the kitten she met on Sogang Bridge, for not having been able to protect it back then.
Lee Myung-ae
Picture book artist. She majored in Korean painting at university and currently works as an illustrator. She was selected for the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition in 2015 and 2017, and received the Silver Award at the Nami Concours (2015, 2017), the BIB Golden Plaque Award (2015), and the BIB Golden Apple Award (2021).
She has written and illustrated the picture books Plastic Island, 10 Seconds, Tomorrow Will Be Clear, Vacation, and Flower. She has provided illustrations for books including Grandma Seal, Everything Is a Flower, Shintongbangtong Home Shopping, Memory Photo Studio Next to Siwontang, Grandpa Booger, Our Neighborhood's Taekkyeon Master, and If Santa Claus Were Our Grandfather.
She wishes a peaceful day to the cats she meets while coming and going from her studio.
Children's story writer. Heo Jung-yoon studied Child Studies at university and Early Childhood Education & Pedagogy at graduate school. She works as a picture book author, animation director, and university professor. In 2017, her book The Transparent Tree was selected for the White Ravens (International Children's and Youth Literature) in Germany. In 2022, Please Borrow Dad was selected for The BRAW Amazing Bookshelf.
She has written and illustrated the picture books Eobuba, Monkey School, Koji the Booger, Koji the Booger Who Escaped the Nostril, and Koji the Booger Waiting for the First Snow. She has written the text for Please Borrow Dad, I Eat Rice Every Day, We Are Here, Zoo, 63 Days, Brother and Sister, Lulu the Hunter, Yellow Rain Boots, and The Transparent Tree.
She confesses her regret and sorrow to the kitten she met on Sogang Bridge, for not having been able to protect it back then.
Lee Myung-ae
Picture book artist. She majored in Korean painting at university and currently works as an illustrator. She was selected for the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition in 2015 and 2017, and received the Silver Award at the Nami Concours (2015, 2017), the BIB Golden Plaque Award (2015), and the BIB Golden Apple Award (2021).
She has written and illustrated the picture books Plastic Island, 10 Seconds, Tomorrow Will Be Clear, Vacation, and Flower. She has provided illustrations for books including Grandma Seal, Everything Is a Flower, Shintongbangtong Home Shopping, Memory Photo Studio Next to Siwontang, Grandpa Booger, Our Neighborhood's Taekkyeon Master, and If Santa Claus Were Our Grandfather.
She wishes a peaceful day to the cats she meets while coming and going from her studio.
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