if you’re fine eating animals, you should also be fine eating humans under some circumstances.
Just to get this out of the way, so you can ignore the rest of my answers: I have not found myself in such circumstances, but I do think they are conceivable such that eating humans would be fine. Note that I am a moral anti-realist (I don’t think there is an objective truth to what’s morally allowed or required).
there aren’t meaningful distinguishing factors between animals and humans
This has massive implications beyond choice of food. We should stop creating humans, in order to create and support more of whichever animal is morally indistinguishable from humans and uses the least resources.
there’s really no reason you can’t abuse them or engage in bestiality.
I hope not the ones I eat, that’s gross. For those who have such urges, it’s an open question whether it’s preferable to suffer and suppress them or to enact them on animals. It’s absolutely not controversial that enacting them on humans is far worse than on animals.
Why are you assuming it’s even bad to enact them on animals? In the agricultural industry we stick tasers up the anuses of bulls to harvest their ejaculate. If you can tie a calf down to harvest veal for the pleasure of humans, why can’t you fight dogs for the pleasure of humans?
I’m not sure how your moral anti-realist views play into this, so it might be useful to explain how they’re influencing your answers.
Just to get this out of the way, so you can ignore the rest of my answers: I have not found myself in such circumstances, but I do think they are conceivable such that eating humans would be fine. Note that I am a moral anti-realist (I don’t think there is an objective truth to what’s morally allowed or required).
This has massive implications beyond choice of food. We should stop creating humans, in order to create and support more of whichever animal is morally indistinguishable from humans and uses the least resources.
I hope not the ones I eat, that’s gross. For those who have such urges, it’s an open question whether it’s preferable to suffer and suppress them or to enact them on animals. It’s absolutely not controversial that enacting them on humans is far worse than on animals.
Why are you assuming it’s even bad to enact them on animals? In the agricultural industry we stick tasers up the anuses of bulls to harvest their ejaculate. If you can tie a calf down to harvest veal for the pleasure of humans, why can’t you fight dogs for the pleasure of humans?
I’m not sure how your moral anti-realist views play into this, so it might be useful to explain how they’re influencing your answers.