cultural choices – Skywritings https://generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/skywritings Stevan Harnad Sat, 29 Jan 2022 12:04:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/skywritings/wp-content/uploads/sites/287/2018/07/cropped-orang1-1-32x32.jpg cultural choices – Skywritings https://generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/skywritings 32 32 Ancestral Imperatives and Contemporary Apéritifs https://generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/skywritings/2022/01/29/ancestral-imperatives-and-contemporary-aperitifs/ https://generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/skywritings/2022/01/29/ancestral-imperatives-and-contemporary-aperitifs/#respond Sat, 29 Jan 2022 12:01:13 +0000 https://generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/skywritings/?p=1648 Continue reading "Ancestral Imperatives and Contemporary Apéritifs"

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Yes, our ancestors had to eat meat to survive.

But today we have agriculture and technology, and no longer need to kill and eat animals for our survival and health out of Darwinian necessity.

So we should ask ourselves why we keep doing it:

Do we really believe it’s ok to keep causing needless suffering, just for our pleasure?

(Be careful not to tumble into the “What about?” rebuttals of the anti-vaxers, climate-change deniers and Oath Keepers…)

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