Is Vegetarianism integral to a moral life.

[nameless]

Not sure, but i find something wrong in saying that humans are ominvorous,

I believe there must always have been few number of vegetarians among humans since his evolution. And also humans evolved out of monkeys, they have vegetarians as majority.

So, since his beginning, there have been vegetarians among them,so is it a right decision by scientists to classify entire humans under omnivorous?

You can say bear to be omnivore, since all bear takes meat and herbs, but this is not the same as in the case of humans as some of them naturally dont feel to take meat.

 

[Storm]

Yes, it's a biological fact. May as well make peace with it.

 

[nameless]

Yes, it's a biological fact. May as well make peace with it.

No problem for me to be in a omnivorous species, im a vegetarian , thats fine for me.

 

[Jose Fly]

nameless,

We--H. sapiens--have all the physical characteristics of an omnivorous species. We have none of the characteristics of an obligate herbivorous species. That's why biologically, we are characterized as omnivores.

It's not an individual title, it's a species description.

 

[methylatedghosts]

Don't get so caught up with the omnivore label ^_^

Accept that it's merely a way to identify a species, and let it go

There's no problem with being a vegetarian omnivore, as "vegetarian" is a behavioural label, not a biological label. (the biological label, being "herbivore" )

 

[nameless]

nameless,

We--H. sapiens--have all the physical characteristics of an omnivorous species. We have none of the characteristics of an obligate herbivorous species. That's why biologically, we are characterized as omnivores.

It's not an individual title, it's a species description.

so classifications are based upon physical characterisitcs, and not the food they eat, right?

 

[Storm]

so classifications are based upon physical characterisitcs, and not the food they eat, right?

Where do you think the physical characteristics come from?

 

[methylatedghosts]

so classifications are based upon physical characterisitcs, and not the food they eat, right?

Absolutely correct ^_^

 

[Father Heathen]

We have the ability to consume and digest meat. That makes us omnivores. That does not nessacarily make it the right or wrong descison.

Well, being natural it can't be wrong, can it? Why would the gods create us one way, then expect us to act in another way?

 

[nameless]

so classifications are based upon physical characterisitcs, and not the food they eat, right?

Absolutely correct ^_^

So, Omnivorous cannot be defined as the species which consume both plants and meat, right?

Infact, they are the species with certain physical characteristics.

Anything wrong in that?

 

[methylatedghosts]

So, Omnivorous cannot be defined as the species which consume both plants and meat, right?

Infact, they are the species with certain physical characteristics.

Anything wrong in that?

They are classed as species with the physical characteristics that allow them to eat both plants and meat.

 

[nameless]

They are classed as species with the physical characteristics that allow them to eat both plants and meat.

But that cannot decide what food they do take and food which they do not they take, right?

 

[methylatedghosts]

Being omnivorous simply means you CAN eat both meat and veg.

Doesn't mean you MUST

 

[Eddy Daze]

Maybe it is because we were given free will, we have the canines there if we wish to use them for meat.

 

[Eddy Daze]

Cooking With Kurma - Vegetarianism

 

[StripperClown]

I'm going to create my own PETA group.

People Eating Tasty Animals.

 

[Valjean]

Human canines are a joke. Utterly useless. can't grab, can't grind.
Now baboons have proper canines -- but they're largely veggie.
And how do you explain the huge, saber-toothed canines of some deer?

Our morality isn't dictated by our phylogeny. We have to decide what general principles underlie our conceptions of right and wrong.
Personally, I reject both expediency and the ever-popular might-makes-right principles. My vegetarianism is largely a product of a commitment to be kind and to cause no suffering.

 

[Eddy Daze]

If you were sdtranded on an Island full of different animals, and fish available but no vegetation suitable for human consumption how would you choose which to eat for survival?

 

[Valjean]

How can you have a diverse and thriving animal population without a vetetarian foundation supporting the system?

 

[Don Penguinoini]

The meat eating ego says there are no vegetarian animals!