(February 16, 2015 at 11:37 am)Nestor Wrote: What are the moral arguments against cooking up and eating somebody who's already dead?
If you don't believe in any negative karma from this,
it's mostly for social order and norms. Including not having to explain to other people why you would want to try this, unless you are scientist studying it or if you are forced to in order not to starve to death.
Why not eat your hair, toenails, dead skin or menstrual fluid for protein? Why not drink your urine for minerals (as some people claim is medicinal)?
If people stick with social norms, then people who really have criminal issues with serious mental delusions or sociopathic disorders can obviously stand out and get help who really need help if they are a danger to themselves or others.
If everyone just did "whatever" because we can, then it is harder to identify which people really don't have a realistic healthy sense of boundaries and respect for norms so they will respect other people's sensibilities and not impose in abusive or delusional ways.
