Philosophy
Can "cannibalism" be justified?
No...3
Yes...4
The question was posted in response to the recent PBS airing of the documentary on the Greely Expedition.
In 1881, a multi-national expedition was launched to create fourteen Arctic stations that would collect scientific data (meteorological, magnetic, astronomical) to be used to better understand the earth’s climate.
Under the leadership of Adolphus Greely, twenty-five Americans sailed from Newfoundland on July 7, 1881. They were on their way to Lady Franklin Bay deep in the Arctic. Three years later, six survivors were rescued. They had been all but abandoned by the government that sent them north, and returned with dreadful tales of shipwreck, starvation, mutiny, and cannibalism.
It made me to begin to question the validity of cannibalism. Cannibalism has been around a long time and I suppose it is still practiced somewhere on the globe. Cannibalism can be ritualistic, a means of survival, or perversion as in the case of psychotics like a Jeffrey Dahmer.
Justification for me lies in the survival mode. Granted it would be difficult but when a person dies what remains is a corpse and in a survival mode would be a good candidate for nourishment.
Cannibalism [Wikipedia]
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Philosophy
Cannibalism poll
Can "cannibalism" be justified?
No...3
Yes...4
The question was posted in response to the recent PBS airing of the documentary on the Greely Expedition.
In 1881, a multi-national expedition was launched to create fourteen Arctic stations that would collect scientific data (meteorological, magnetic, astronomical) to be used to better understand the earth’s climate.
Under the leadership of Adolphus Greely, twenty-five Americans sailed from Newfoundland on July 7, 1881. They were on their way to Lady Franklin Bay deep in the Arctic. Three years later, six survivors were rescued. They had been all but abandoned by the government that sent them north, and returned with dreadful tales of shipwreck, starvation, mutiny, and cannibalism.
It made me to begin to question the validity of cannibalism. Cannibalism has been around a long time and I suppose it is still practiced somewhere on the globe. Cannibalism can be ritualistic, a means of survival, or perversion as in the case of psychotics like a Jeffrey Dahmer.
Justification for me lies in the survival mode. Granted it would be difficult but when a person dies what remains is a corpse and in a survival mode would be a good candidate for nourishment.
Cannibalism [Wikipedia]
- Nature's Great Events - The Great Melt
When the ice in the Arctic starts to melt as the sun rises in the sky, things begin to happen, life resumes its annual cycle, and David Attenborough is there to tell us all about it to the sight of some spectacular photography. Watch as polar bears come...
- When You're Hungry...you're Hungry
A forensic facial reconstruction produced by StudioEIS of Brooklyn, New York, in consultation with Smithsonian researchers, based on human remains excavated at James Fort, Jamestown, Virginia by the Jamestown Rediscovery Project, is pictured in this handout...
- Deceased--harry Harrison
Harry Harrison March 12th, 1925 to August 15th, 2012 "Harry Harrison, a Prolific Writer of Satiric Science Fiction, Dies at 87" by Douglas Martin August 17th, 2012 The New York Times“Incompetent, unlettered, unskilled writers sell to unexacting...
- Polar Bears Losing In The Game Of Life?
International Year of Biodiversity "Polar bears face 'tipping point' due to climate change" by Matt Walker May 25th, 2010 BBC Climate change will trigger a dramatic and sudden decline in the number of polar bears, a new study has concluded....
- Lost World..."the Lost City Of Z" And Colonel Percival Harrison Fawcett
I bet you never heard of Colonel Percival Harrison Fawcett [1867 to 1925(?)]. He was a real life explorer and adventurer and sought the existence of an ancient civilization in the vastness of the Brazilian Amazon much like the fictional Professor Challenger...