Why is cannibalism morally wrong?

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Was just thinking, why is cannibalism actually morally wrong?

If you're a person of religion, you could say and it is, against your religion.

Anyhow putting religion aside, surely it's just a waste of meat, considering the mass food shortages around the world?

It's perfectly natural, considering cannibalism is widely practised in the animal world.

There are no negative effects from eating human meat, as far as I know? You're not going to turn into some horrid mutated creature from the movies. It’s healthy and nutritious. I can’t see any medical reasons not too.

Only thing I can think of is permission. Surely once dead, who cares? Once dead does our body actually belong to us? We don’t ask animals for their permission when we eat them. That aside many people may actually voluntarily give away their bodies prior to death, for consumption.

As an atheist, why do you see it as morally wrong? (Obviously aimed at atheists)

In general, do you think it’s morally wrong and why? Or if not why?
 
It is only mildly justified if the person died of natural causes, you are stuck without food somewhere and there is no one else around.

Any other time is...not good.
 
Craterloads said:
Was just thinking, why is cannibalism actually morally wrong?

If you're a person of religion, you could say and it is, against your religion.

Anyhow putting religion aside, surely it's just a waste of meat, considering the mass food shortages around the world?

It's perfectly natural, considering cannibalism is widely practised in the animal world.

There are no negative effects from eating human meat, as far as I know? You're not going to turn into some horrid mutated creature from the movies. It’s healthy and nutritious. I can’t see any medical reasons not too.

Only thing I can think of is permission. Surely once dead, who cares? Once dead does our body actually belong to us? We don’t ask animals for their permission when we eat them. That aside many people may actually voluntarily give away their bodies prior to death, for consumption.

As an atheist, why do you see it as morally wrong? (Obviously aimed at atheists)

In general, do you think it’s morally wrong and why? Or if not why?
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If you happen to be a member of the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea then cannibalism does have a few downsides: namely Kuru, a prion disease similar to CJD
 
Well there are very real health risks. Whatever disease killed the human has a chance of being transmitted to you if not properly cooked. Furthermore, there is strong evidence that tribes that heavily practiced cannibalism suffered very high rates of a mental illness related to mad-cow disease.


As for actually morals. It is not universally condemned, many cultured do or did consider it perfectly normal. A human body is a large source of protein and fats, very healthy for most active people.
 
The human body can't digest human flesh properly & it will eventually make you ill.
 
I would imagine that if it was remotely legal/acceptable/not completely and utterly just wrong, we would have people killing for the act of food.
 
There was a film where a group of passengers ate each other when they become stranded in the Antarctica after their airline crashed. Great film, can't remember the name.
 
majnu said:
There was a film where a group of passengers ate each other when they become stranded in the Antarctica after their airline crashed. Great film, can't remember the name.
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Alive. That was a true story too. I think it was the Uruguayan rugby team or something. Some of the survivors met those Chilean miners when they were rescued from that collapsed mine.

Also, I don't think cannibalism is actually a crime in this country.
 
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