On the issue if cannibalism, there's a very specific reason why it's bad: Mad cow disease. It will kill you. Apart from the moral implications, that's a very good reason not to eat your own.
If you define morality as the well being of conscious creatures, then eating the meat of anything that is self-aware is pretty egrigiously wrong. This is likely why western cultures don't eat dolphin. It feels wrong to eat something that you can interact with socially.
Rabbits are an interesting case of animals that are raised for both social interaction AND food. I wouldn't feel bad eating fluffy, but I would never eat a dog.
Interesting conversation.
If you define morality as the well being of conscious creatures, then eating the meat of anything that is self-aware is pretty egrigiously wrong. This is likely why western cultures don't eat dolphin. It feels wrong to eat something that you can interact with socially.
Rabbits are an interesting case of animals that are raised for both social interaction AND food. I wouldn't feel bad eating fluffy, but I would never eat a dog.
Interesting conversation.
