Why do we eat meat?
Given that there are plenty of other options, is there a legitimate reason for it’s consumption other than it tasting good?
And is killing animals justifiable just for it's tasty meat?
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Daniel Brown
Jacob Lee
>is killing animals justifiable for it's tasty meat
Yes it is. Humans voted and came to the conclusion that "Yes it is". When are you going to realize that "ethics" and all questions "is X morally right" are just matter of democracy; majority decides what is right and what is wrong.
Matthew Cooper
So you're saying that just because it's considered normal since primitive times that we shouldn't make a change even if we think it's wrong.
Ayden Cooper
This board is for science and mathematics, not ethics. Please leave.
John Smith
Meat-free diets are highly unnatural. These days it's common knowledge that vegans need to supplement their diets with vitamin [math]B_{12}[/math] to avoid permanent damage to their nervous systems.
But [math]B_{12}[/math] was only discovered in 1947. So it's only a recent development (perhaps within your parents' lifetimes) that veganism could be practiced without risking brain damage.
As well, given the recency of [math]B_{12}[/math]'s discovery, it's plausible that people are still naive about compounds in foods which we need for good health.
It's clear to see that the human body just hasn't evolved to live off plants alone.
Now, if you want to talk about the ethics of risking your health for the well-being of animals, Veeky Forums is the wrong place. Try .
Caleb Reyes
Not him, but that's not what he's saying. I assume you're not retarded enough to say that humans were morally wrong in eating meat in ancient times when survival was the primary objective.
The guy you quoted is referring to modern times (hence the democracy stuff) when we have other options. In democratic states, the majority decides what is morally right and wrong for the whole state, that's the whole point. So people in the west have decided that meat tastes good enough to not give a fuck about the death of the animals involved. Also, just for reference, animals tend to die in a lot more grotesque ways from other carnivores than us.
But it's not like they can feel things the way we can anyway, the whole sensationalist view of animal "abuse" rests on the idea of anthropomorphising animals and their "emotions", which doesn't have any scientific merit.
Noah Cox
>It's clear to see that the human body just hasn't evolved to live off plants alone.
Maybe you're right but Vegetarians can get B12 from dairy products and eggs, making it not necessary to kill the animal.
An Vegans can get it from supplements (not natural).
>it's plausible that people are still naive about compounds in foods which we need for good health.
Studies show that Vegans and Vegetarians live longer than meat eaters.
Ayden Reyes
People vote with their wallets.
Pedro raises and slaughters a cow and delivers it to John.
John from Food Inc. packs and transports the food to Jimmy's store.
Jimmy sells the food and 200 million Americans buy that food.
Blake Brooks
>But it's not like they can feel things the way we can anyway
The structures in the brains of animals homologous to the ones we hold responsible for our feelings are about equal in proportion to their body size as they are in humans. Do you have any evidence for your assertion that when an animal receives the same stimulus as a human, processes this stimulus with the same structures as humans, and produces the same behavior a human would, doesn't actually 'feel' what a human would feel?
Robert Butler
>highly unnatural
It is natural for human to eat the food that's available in their surroundings. Since we invented agriculture, we are in charge of what's available in our surroundings. Choosing to produce food, and get nutrients in the best possible way is the most natural and the most human way to structure your diet.