Should cannibalism be legal?

[Spiderman]

I hear that human flesh is a lot more nutritious than a cow's Flesh , and it makes sense because a cow mainly eats grass and hay, humans have a more balanced diet so their flesh will have a lot more vitamins.

If we lived in a time where there was no laws saying you can't eat people, would you find anything morally wrong with it?

In that true story called alive, a rugby team that crashed their plane survived off eating the corpses of their friends.

They compared it to Holy Communion, And each of them agreed that if they were the next one to die, that they would like to be eaten and use their body to keep their friends alive.

Please explain why it would be wrong to eat human flesh.

I personally would rather my Flesh was to nourish another person rather than just rot.

What is it that makes it more gross than eating a cow?

 

[Spiderman]

In some societies, especially tribal societies, cannibalism is a cultural norm. Consumption of a person from within the same community is called endocannibalism; ritual cannibalism of the recently deceased can be part of the grieving process[15] or be seen as a way of guiding the souls of the dead into the bodies of living descendants.[16]Exocannibalism is the consumption of a person from outside the community, usually as a celebration of victory against a rival tribe.[16] Both types of cannibalism can also be fueled by the belief that eating a person's flesh or internal organs will endow the cannibal with some of the characteristics of the deceased.[17
Cannibalism in humans - Wikipedia

 

[Enoch07]

No

Because it is a slippery slope morally. If cannibalization is legal, then the case for murder becoming legal is opened.

It's one thing to cannibalize an already dead body in a life or death survival situation. Its another to allow it in a civilized society where food is plentiful.

 

[Spiderman]

No

Because it is a slippery slope morally. If cannibalization is legal, then the case for murder becoming legal is opened.

It's one thing to cannibalize an already dead body in a life or death survival situation. Its another to allow it in a civilized society where food is plentiful.

What about for religious reasons though... It used to be part of the grieving process to eat the corpse of a deceased loved one... Should we suppress people's religious freedom in this case?

 

[Enoch07]

What about for religious reasons though... It used to be part of the grieving process to eat the corpse of a deceased loved one... Should we suppress people's religious freedom in this case?

In America yes. What other countries do is their business. But that's not something we want here. Unless like I say a life or death survival situation, where you are stranded in a remote location.

 

[Spiderman]

According to this article, in China they eat aborted fetuses:
Chinese cannibalism of infant flesh outrages the world

 

[Stevicus]

"Listen... chaps... there's still a chance. I'm... done for, I've got a gammy leg and I'm going fast; I'll never get through. But some of you might. So... you'd better eat me."

 

[Stevicus]

Am I the only one (so far) voting that cannibalism should be illegal? Four people think it should be legal? Or did I misunderstand the question?

 

[Spiderman]

Am I the only one so far voting that cannibalism should be illegal? Four people think it should be legal? Or did I misunderstand the question?

Sounds to me like you understood the question well... The answers are quite interesting

 

[Spiderman]

Am I the only one (so far) voting that cannibalism should be illegal? Four people think it should be legal? Or did I misunderstand the question?

I'm wondering especially from a secular point of view, what the reasons are for saying such behavior is wrong...

 

[Enoch07]

So @PopeADope I have a question for you. Is it immoral to make livestock into cannibals? Cows, chickens, turkeys, pigs as examples.

 

[Spiderman]

So @PopeADope I have a question for you. Is it immoral to make livestock into cannibals? Cows, chickens, turkeys, pigs as examples.

Why not?

 

[Jumi]

Only in emergency situations. Eating humans has been linked to disease.

Kuru (disease) - Wikipedia

 

[Enoch07]

Why not?

Is it moral or immoral though?

 

[ADigitalArtist]

So long as parties are consenting to being used as food after they die, I wouldn't be morally opposed, in theory. In practice, human biological material is a controlled substance for a reason. Mishandling could lead to a public safety hazard, to say nothing that most cannibalistic societies die to diseases such as prions.

 

[Sapiens]

Cannibalism has serious potential medical considerations, not unlike Mad Cow Disease and should be discouraged on these grounds alone.

 

[Eliab ben Benjamin]

Am I the only one (so far) voting that cannibalism should be illegal? Four people think it should be legal? Or did I misunderstand the question?

I almost voted yes until i looked more closely and realized the word was not Cannabis ....

 

[Tonstad39]

I see how cannibalism is ethically best when miserable people kill themselves and their bodies have become redundant or a homeless person who has resorted to substance abuse to pass the time to get them some degree of happiness in their hopeless reality.

 

[Revoltingest]

I hear that human flesh is a lot more nutritious than a cow's Flesh , and it makes sense because a cow mainly eats grass and hay, humans have a more balanced diet so their flesh will have a lot more vitamins.

If we lived in a time where there was no laws saying you can't eat people, would you find anything morally wrong with it?

In that true story called alive, a rugby team that crashed their plane survived off eating the corpses of their friends.

They compared it to Holy Communion, And each of them agreed that if they were the next one to die, that they would like to be eaten and use their body to keep their friends alive.

Please explain why it would be wrong to eat human flesh.

I personally would rather my Flesh was to nourish another person rather than just rot.

What is it that makes it more gross than eating a cow?

I voted to make it legal.
How you do'n?

 

[Stevicus]

I suppose in the most drastic of situations, perhaps if the world becomes like it was portrayed in Soylent Green, then perhaps.

I will say that they had effective methods of riot control. "Scoops are on the way!"