Reverence of Life in Teenagers’ Eyes

Abstract

This study investigates which factors determine the teenagers’ attitudes toward human life among different ethnic groups, based on a unique survey data from Xinjiang juvenile students with their family, school and social information. We find that environment factors and education efforts mainly affect the teenagers’ attitudes to life value, but their ethnic groups have no effects. Reverence of life does not come from which ethnic group one belongs in, but comes from one’s environment and education. Reverence of life need to be cultivated.

Keywords

Reverence of life / Xinjiang juvenile students / environment factors / education efforts

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