| > 2. ... In this entire sentence, you could just fill in the opposite point about vegetarianism and talk about certain societies(certain indian jains, etc) > there is social conditioning and bias against eating dogs or horses. And there is also social conditioning towards eating horses in steppe culture, and dogs in some asian communities. > Unlike other animals, humans are intellectually evolved and we act guided by our moral compass. Sure. Until you're hungry. Then once you're hungry, I'm sure you'll kill whatever other creature you need to to survive. > If you take evolutionary disposition and social conditioning out of the picture and view killing and eating other sentient beings purely on the basis of intellectual merit, where does your moral compass point to? "If my grandmother had wheels, would she be a bicycle?" |