The Pros And Cons Of Cannibalism

Many activists for animal rights have argued that the animals that we are killing for food have emotions, and therefore, have a right to life. However, one experiment has shown that “over the past few decades, tool use, once considered a skill exhibited by humans alone, has been seen in many species [such as the octopus]…” (Clemmitt). While these animals have been found to have an innovative intelligence, no experiment has been conducted to allow the world of science to truly understand the emotions of an animal. Another observation of pigs has found that the pigs are able to observe their environment (Singer). Again, the animals studied have been found to have an intelligence that does not seem to relate to their emotions. Because scientist have not been able to conclude that an animal’s emotions are complex enough to support anti-meat, no morals are able to fully be attached to the killing and …show more content…
While they still believe in that practice, many of Americans do not support it. This cultural barrier provides support for the idea of morals being varied from culture to culture. While “cannibalism was practiced among prehistoric human beings…” (Raffaele), the majority of humans have evolved as what we believed to be morally beyond cannibalism. However, with the lack of meat consumption through the lack of cannibalism, the population had to find an alternative in order to provide themselves with the nutrients needed. This new meat source, came to be animals. In today’s society the concept of eating animals is favored over that of humans. In order to maintain the health needed to remain strong, humans must find a new meat source to consume, animals. The consumption of animal meat is in fact highly popular in the United States today (Fig. 1), without that consumption, many might have to be forced to another source of meat to gain the nutrients that our adapted bodies would