Steven Clark2 said:The motivation for starting this thread stems from these two specific posts, beginning with a comment from Walnut:
And then there is the response from our colleague:
Aside from the act of murder to obtain food, many people do not believe there is anything inherently unethical about cannibalism itself. So, I would love to hear some thoughts on this topic.🙂
That double negative is a bit lost on me... Are we saying there are actually plenty of people who view cannibalism as ethical? If so, who are they? If not, my apologies.
In any case, there are—or have been—instances of what we call "ritual" cannibalism; it falls under the umbrella of the sacred, where standard "secular" rules simply don't apply.
As for everything else—human meat isn't exactly a culinary staple for us. It’s just not interesting... much like how chimpanzees don't eat their own kind, though they'll certainly go after other monkeys.