Is meat-eating morally wrong?

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Jay520 said:
@ Max

1. Yeah, meat was probably an occasional part of our diet, but it wasn't a main part (as I said below).

2. No animal can eat rotten fruit. However, meat-eating animals can eat rotten meat.

3. By using tools and strategies. This doesn't effect what out bodies were equipped to consume.

As I said before though, I don't really care about this argument. I'm interested in the moral aspect of it.

It does. Just look at the relative levels of lactose intolerance in the world and compare it to the advent of agriculture (specifically, the raising of milk producing livestock). People who are descended from civilisations that drank a lot of milk (well into adult life) are far less likely to suffer from lactose intolerance. As we're talking about civilisation, that's only approx. 5000 years ago.

Hunting tools and fire were well before that so our dietary tolerance is likely to have changed greatly since then.

I also think this is all relevant to the moral aspect. I think there are certain things that need to be accepted as natural and instinctial. The eating of meat in moderation is part of a natural and healthy lifestyle.