The same could be said for the making of animals into food. Near the end of the article, Foer gives a Filipino recipe on how to kill and use dog …show more content…
For the eating of dogs to be morally acceptable the generalization of dogs has to change. The use of “family pooch” and man’s best friend” in Foer’s article appeals to the general idea of how dogs are seen but what if they were not seen that way but as cattle. Other than the thought of dog meat being wrong to eat, what stops people from eating it? If people are comfortable eating cows, pigs, and chickens, then it would be safe to say that what these animal eat before they are slaughtered are just as acceptable. What the animal is fed is essentially what you are