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Originally posted by Retro
Why aren't people saying it's unnatural addressing my point about meat being responsible for the fact that your brain is larger than a baseball? Why aren't people saying it's unnatural addressing the extinction of a species of hominid that was vegetarian in nature while a parallel omnivore species survived? Why aren't people saying it's unnatural addressing my points about the fact that humans can chew, digest, and obtain nutrients from meat and animals can still get sick from it?
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The question of whether something is "natural" or not has no bearing on it's morality (not least because the word "natural" is incredibly vague). Even if we are "supposed" to eat meat (as though natural selection is some being with a purpose and goal rather than a slow physical process) that's certainly not an argument for it. Nature is not some benevolent force for good, it's simply a description of the
way things happen to be. Sure, you may contest this, but I'm sure I don't need to list for you the many dubious moral conclusions one comes to adhering to what nature "intended".
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Why are people saying we shouldn't eat it avoiding the idea that different people have different ethical theories?
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Um, they're not? They're arguing for
their ethical theories, on a forum intended for discussion?
It seems to be a trend on ATRL to point out that "everyone has their own opinion" as though this redundant observation is somehow a rebuttal to any stand point. Everyone knows everyone else has different values, morals and opinions, that's not a reason not to argue about them, otherwise what would be the fun in anything?
how old are you? It's basic logic. Let's go through it step by step:
where do you imagine that extra energy coming from?
