Ethical Dilemma 2 for vegitarians
By urbandekay
@urbandekay (18278)
February 4, 2007 7:20am CST
If like me you don't eat meat on ethical grounds, if others depended on you remaining alive for their survival and the only way you could stay alive was to eat one of the following which would it be?
1. A still born baby
2. A freshly killed wild animal
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11 responses
@Chiang_Mai_boy (3882)
• Thailand
4 Feb 07
It would have to be the wild animal. Our prohibition against cannibalism is just to strong in our society.
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@urbandekay (18278)
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4 Feb 07
I see, so your social taboo predominates ethical considerations?
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@urbandekay (18278)
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4 Feb 07
So you would rather die and let those that depend on your survival die than eat either? Hmmmm, that seems a curious choice to me
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@lossforredwords (3620)
• Philippines
7 Aug 08
Well I've been a vegetarian for two years and just recently I decided to bring fish meat (only) on my diet. But if its really the last resort I would rather choose the animal since its more logical than eat your own kind.
@urbandekay (18278)
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7 Aug 08
Hmmm! not really a matter of logic but thanks for your contribution
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@5berries (120)
• United States
6 Feb 07
Ew, what kind of question is that. The wild animal of course. I could not eat a baby.
So what are your ethical grounds for not eating meat?
@urbandekay (18278)
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6 Feb 07
All life is intrinsically valuable so I would not wish to take a life if I could avoid it
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@wanblygaleshka (72)
• United States
30 Mar 08
So if all life is intrinsically valuable, why do you kill plants and eat them?
@urbandekay (18278)
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31 Mar 08
Because I deem plant life to be of lesser value, based on its sentience
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@headhunter525 (3548)
• India
15 Mar 08
A freshly killed animal.
But what is the ethical reason for you to be a vegetarian? I thought it is ethically ok to meat meat.
@urbandekay (18278)
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15 Mar 08
All life is of value, don't kill what you don't need to.
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@urbandekay (18278)
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17 Mar 08
Hmmmm, but better to kill a plant to survive than kill a cow, thinks I.
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@headhunter525 (3548)
• India
17 Mar 08
yes, all life has value. And we should not kill indiscriminately. And that applies to the plants too :-)
@anonymous101 (487)
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28 May 08
I wouldn't it either. I mean what kind of animal? surely there must some vegetation around that is edible for that to have been alive.
@urbandekay (18278)
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28 May 08
No, there is no vegetation, don't try and cheat you naughty girl!
hehehehehe
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@babykay (2131)
• Ireland
4 Feb 07
I have been a strict vegetarian for 14 years. I would eat the freshly killed animal for 2 reasons. Firstly because it seems more unnatural to eat a still-born baby and I would find that more repulsive. Also because there are long term health implications in relation to eating animals of the same species as yourself. Isn't it speculated that one way CJD/Mad Cow Disease came about was by cows being fed ground up bone meal made out of cows? So I think I would eat the wild animal.
@urbandekay (18278)
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5 Feb 07
Thank you, an interesting response with your reasoning. I wonder if your decision would be the same if you had to kill the animal yourself?
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@hopefoo (1145)
• Malaysia
4 Feb 07
Those are the only two choices? There isn't option C? i.e. Live off the land and convert to a vegetarian? I would go for option C. But if I had to choose, I'd choose option B. Why? In my opinion (only in mine) animals are meant to be eaten anyway (i think that it's okay to kill animals if we eat them but not for like..just their skin/tusks) and babies..well, they're human and deserve a proper burial. Definitely not meant to be eaten.
@urbandekay (18278)
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4 Feb 07
Hopefoo, you are so naughty. tch tch tch, he he he he he. Of course there is no option C for then it would not be an ethical dilemma! Also it is clear you are not a vegetarian! So for you it is not a dilemma. Anyway, even though it is clear you did not read the question properly your answer made me laugh for some reason
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@Zmugzy (773)
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20 Mar 07
I'm also a vegetarian but in that situation I'd have no problem in having a fry up with either... preferably with a glass of nice chianti.
...that's kind of morbid.
@hotice_steve (38)
• India
14 Mar 08
I would have to eat both to survive longer. Eat the less fresher first.
Hope that is a good survival lesson.
@urbandekay (18278)
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14 Mar 08
No, it doesn't really answer the question, though I appriciate the practical advice re which meat to eat first, this is a question about an ethical dilemma
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