Childhood indoctrination

[littleendian]

Here are my questions: Do you think I was indoctrinated into eating meat as a child? Do you think I'm unethical by eating meat now, considering my diet limitations?

Thanks for sharing your perspective! For me you are obviously not acting immorally if you gave veganism your best shot, ate a balanced diet and after a serious attempt it really was detrimental to your health. The wolf is not acting immorally for killing a lamb because it is his only way to survive. The self always trumps the non-self when it comes to that, and that's outside the realm of morals.

The issue that's discussed here really boils down to whether we should even give veganism a serious, commited try, and I think it is our moral responsibility to do so.

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So we are not talking about vegetarianism/ veganism but about the qualitative line that humans have drawn between themselves and every other animal?

Bullseye, but of course the issue is very, very tightly coupled to our behaviour as consumers. Once you remove the dogmatic line between human and non-human animals that comes from millenia of Christian indoctrination (among other things), I think it is just the logical next step to question our perception of meat and animal products in general.