Does anyone know a convenient name for my planned diet?
Orthorexia, the belief that in addition to nutrient values food also contains ethical values. An orthorexic says humans should or should not eat certain things in certain ways because of rights; rights of the eater, rights of the eaten. That rights exist and are known and are universal and can be acted on are all considered axiomatic. Orthorexia can be religious (Genesis 1:30, Quran Chapter 5 Verse 96, Anguttara Nikaya 3.38 Sukhamala Sutta, etc.) and it can be secular (as appears in your case).
Orthorexia holds axiomatic (1) that the emotions of the individual are the same emotions that other humans feel, and (2) that universal human emotions are shared by some or all other living beings. By the first axiom, what is good for the individual is good for others and what is bad for the individual is bad for others. But the good of the individual does not necessarily apply to others; to claim so is an error of category. That which is good for me is that which is good for me. By the second axiom, the unnecessary bridging of the emotions of the individual to others is expanded to the non-human. But the good of humans, even if known and actionable, would not necessarily and naturally be the good of non-humans. I for one would push the ‘destroy all human-preying tapeworms’ button if given the chance. Bad for all human-preying tapeworms, good for this human.
Orthorexia claims that decisions about food have an influence outside the eater and the eaten, but orthorexia is selective about how far that influence is measured. In the long run—the long, long, long run—it is not possible for any (or all) humans to eat (or not eat) anything and have it influence things more or less than any other choices made in an infinite universe. Given enough time and space (and in an infinite universe that’s what we have), all possibilities occur. Orthorexia measures the influence of food choices out far enough to get the desired positive or negative reading then stops.
It is a fine thing to have ideas about what one does and does not eat, and to act on those ideas, and to put those ideas before others for criticism. Orthorexia looks for foundations that are not there and outcomes that do not appear. I suggest it might be more simple, accurate and honest to say what one prefers or dislikes and leave it at that.
I offer a grand prize to the first or loudest reply that misrepresents the above in the following way: I claim rights (in food and elsewhere) do not exist, therefore I claim I have the right (in food and elsewhere) to do something (eat this or that, kill this or that, etc.). Example: ‘you say animals have no right to not be eaten, so you must be saying you have the right to eat them.’ That is false, but a grand prize is offered for making that misrepresentation.
Orthorexia, the belief that in addition to nutrient values food also contains ethical values. An orthorexic says humans should or should not eat certain things in certain ways because of rights; rights of the eater, rights of the eaten. That rights exist and are known and are universal and can be acted on are all considered axiomatic. Orthorexia can be religious (Genesis 1:30, Quran Chapter 5 Verse 96, Anguttara Nikaya 3.38 Sukhamala Sutta, etc.) and it can be secular (as appears in your case).
Orthorexia holds axiomatic (1) that the emotions of the individual are the same emotions that other humans feel, and (2) that universal human emotions are shared by some or all other living beings. By the first axiom, what is good for the individual is good for others and what is bad for the individual is bad for others. But the good of the individual does not necessarily apply to others; to claim so is an error of category. That which is good for me is that which is good for me. By the second axiom, the unnecessary bridging of the emotions of the individual to others is expanded to the non-human. But the good of humans, even if known and actionable, would not necessarily and naturally be the good of non-humans. I for one would push the ‘destroy all human-preying tapeworms’ button if given the chance. Bad for all human-preying tapeworms, good for this human.
Orthorexia claims that decisions about food have an influence outside the eater and the eaten, but orthorexia is selective about how far that influence is measured. In the long run—the long, long, long run—it is not possible for any (or all) humans to eat (or not eat) anything and have it influence things more or less than any other choices made in an infinite universe. Given enough time and space (and in an infinite universe that’s what we have), all possibilities occur. Orthorexia measures the influence of food choices out far enough to get the desired positive or negative reading then stops.
It is a fine thing to have ideas about what one does and does not eat, and to act on those ideas, and to put those ideas before others for criticism. Orthorexia looks for foundations that are not there and outcomes that do not appear. I suggest it might be more simple, accurate and honest to say what one prefers or dislikes and leave it at that.
I offer a grand prize to the first or loudest reply that misrepresents the above in the following way: I claim rights (in food and elsewhere) do not exist, therefore I claim I have the right (in food and elsewhere) to do something (eat this or that, kill this or that, etc.). Example: ‘you say animals have no right to not be eaten, so you must be saying you have the right to eat them.’ That is false, but a grand prize is offered for making that misrepresentation.