Would you eat a sentient animal?

DorkothyParker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1nxaQhsaaw

YES! Love that part in "Restaurant at the End of the Universe!"

SueGremlin

All animals are sentient. At the very least, all mammals.

SueGremlin

Okay, I guess that was my opinion? So what animals do you consider "sentient"?

quixoticmantis

Circle of life. Cats feel no guilt over eating mice or birds. Dog have no qualms about rabbits they might catch.

I agree, and I'm a current omnivore that was VEGAN for 4 years. I have no problem eating meat now, after a lot of soul-searching.....I highly respect those that choose not to, however! It's a lovely, respectable lifestyle.

Ocarina

I couldn't do it. I would treat it as a fellow humanoid. World of Warcraft does this somewhat with their toons that you fight or become friends with. You can't "skin" them because they are humanoid but everything else, including spiders, are skinnable. Makes sense!

mikey1976

if i was trapped any where and had to kill an animal i couldn't. i would be utterly useless to any one. plus i get attached way to easy with them so i wont be a able to. so like others i buy my meat already done up for me to cook other wise i'd be a veg eater

DorkothyParker

Okay, I guess that was my opinion? So what animals do you consider "sentient"?

I consider sentience as knowledge of the self. The fact that my cat doesn't even realize the tail she's chasing is her own, means she's probably not sentient.
But there are other definitions especially regarding how it relates to philosophy. Again, I generally go in for "self-awareness" as the deciding factor.

For the sake of this post, we are dealing with self-aware animals with the desire to be eaten. They may or may not be cannibalistic as well, that's entirely up to you. ^^

TropicalKitty

Okay, I guess that was my opinion? So what animals do you consider "sentient"?

I consider sentience as knowledge of the self. The fact that my cat doesn't even realize the tail she's chasing is her own, means she's probably not sentient.
But there are other definitions especially regarding how it relates to philosophy. Again, I generally go in for "self-awareness" as the deciding factor.

For the sake of this post, we are dealing with self-aware animals with the desire to be eaten. They may or may not be cannibalistic as well, that's entirely up to you. ^^

How do you know she doesn't know it's her tail? That's a pretty big assumption there and not a fact. I think my cats understand a lot. They know their names and protect eachother - example, we have a ferral momma cat who has been hanging on our back deck. She's tried to attack our cats through the back window. When she does one of our kitties rushes over in defense of the sibling being swatted at.

I really think animals know more than we give them credit for, as we're just too egotistical to want to let some other organism be like us.

And who would want to be eaten in reality. There's a natural effort for self preservation, but that doesn't change how the animal kingdom works. So adding the caveat of wanting to be eaten is pretty pointless.

MDLNH

Yup. I'd cook 'em and eat 'em. No regrets, pass the BBQ sauce

*Agreed . . . might even come back for seconds !!!

Babushka_Dolly

I'm already a veggie... so defiantly not! x

Carl01

Grew up on a farm so have eaten everything from critters to livestock and have done the butchering...it is no big deal to me but understand why it would be to some.

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FearAnLoathing

I would still eat them and enjoy it.

Kolohe71

PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals

- or -

I love Animals.... They're Delicious!

2Heavy2Long

It depends it they taste like chicken

TropicalKitty

'Or the rump is very good,' murmured the animal. 'I've been
exercising it and eating plenty of grain, so there's a lot
of good meat there.'

Those of us who know beef, know that's not good meat! Grass fed ftw! Grain, bad.

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TropicalKitty

'Or the rump is very good,' murmured the animal. 'I've been
exercising it and eating plenty of grain, so there's a lot
of good meat there.'

Those of us who know beef, know that's not good meat! Grass fed ftw! Grain, bad.

not here in Iowa chica - corn fed beef all the way baby!

Yeah, that's how it is most places. But it's not healthy for them. They produce bad fats when eating the grain diets, instead of the better omega 3s when on grass. Plus, the meat from grass fed is so much more tender.

The grain fed thing is just another one of those fun advertising (and corn lobbying?) tricks to make us think that's how it should be.

DorkothyParker

I suppose I don't care what the cow eats as long as I am eating the cow.

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txmike64

Happily.....if they're tasty, that's a bonus!