Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism - Chapter 9 The Philosophy of Cannibalism (and the Carnivore)

Avis continues reading Henry Stephen Salt’s A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 9 The Philosophy of Cannibilism (and the Carnivore) “It is indisputable that there have been, and indeed are, savage tribes who deliberately prefer human flesh to other food ; and it should not escape our notice that these people, in defence of their dietetic peculiarities might use, and probably have used, arguments similar to those now-a-days brought forward by flesh-eaters in justification of their system of diet—'It has always been so;’ ‘it is the regular rule of our society ;’ ‘ our medical men approve of it ;’ ‘we are strong and healthy on this diet ;’ ‘it is evidently the law of Nature ;’ ‘it is much kinder to the victims than to leave them to die of a lingering old age ;’ ‘the world would be over-run with old and sick people if we did not ​eat them ;’ ‘it is absolutely necessary at times to take life ;’ ‘we must be practical, and not give way to humanitarian sentiment’—all these are fallacies which must surely have been employed by many a patriotic cannibal, as well as by the Englishmen who are determined to see no fault in their native beef…So, without wishing to weaken the just detestation in which cannibalism is at present held, I should like to inquire a little into the reasons on which this abhorrence is based, and to see if they do not lead us to wider and fuller conclusions than those hitherto reached by well-meaning anti-cannibalistic flesh-eaters.” Henry Steven Salt

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