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Question: Killing animals for food is:
#1
moral and should be legal
 
#2
moral and should be illegal
 
#3
immoral and should be legal
 
#4
immoral and should be illegal
 
#5
amoral and should be legal
 
#6
amoral and should be illegal
 
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Author Topic: Should it be illegal to kill animals for food?  (Read 11579 times)
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« on: May 03, 2012, 01:22:14 AM »

Amoral means without any moral content or implications whatsoever.  I can't agree that it applies here.  You would have to posit that the value of animal life is exactly zero for that to be the case.  

Killing for food is morally problematic, ambiguous, circumstantial.  That's not to say it is immoral, but I believe that if you are going to kill an animal for food, you should have a reason for doing it as opposed to seeking another food source, and that reason will be morally significant. In a lot of places and times in human experience, meat has been necessary for human health and prosperity.  That may be true for some people today in our society as well, but its not necessary for many people today, and in such cases to abstain from meat is morally positive.  It should not be illegal because the government is not capable of making the decisions about the needs of each person.

I think sometimes that killing for food might be better than relying on others to kill your food, since you are more aware of the reality of what you are eating and its cost.
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« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2012, 12:51:11 AM »

After all, some animals are carnivore, some animals kill each other, so why should we treat them differently than how they treat each other ?
perhaps because we can.
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