{"id":213,"date":"2014-10-17T09:57:04","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T08:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/davidrose\/?p=213"},"modified":"2014-10-17T09:57:04","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T08:57:04","slug":"stage-2-phi2003-cannibalism-click-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/davidrose\/2014\/10\/17\/stage-2-phi2003-cannibalism-click-here\/","title":{"rendered":"STAGE 2 phi2003 Cannibalism CLICK HERE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cannibalism (from Can\u00edbales, the Spanish name for the Caribs, a West Indies tribe that formerly practiced cannibalism) is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. It is also called anthropophagy. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Above is the first definition of cannibalism that came up from a quick internet search. We looked at the case in the lifeboat last week in the tutorial, but I want you to think more deeply about this:<\/p>\n

(a) if one eats another person’s organs when they have died legitimately, is it wrong? Why?
\n(b) if another person consents to have their organs eaten is this different from one donating to medical research or for transplantation?
\n(c) do we have a right to use our body as we see fit? Do others have any rights to use our body as they see fit? (Think carefully about what is a right here!)<\/p>\n

At stake in this is the worry that certain central moral beliefs are culturally relative. Now it is okay for taste to be culturally relative — Mediterranean pop music may be different from Russian pop, for example — because taste is particular and subjective (is it though? Think of wine connoisseurs who believe that certain wines are objectively<\/em> better than others). <\/p>\n

For this task — in the comments below — I want you to be creative. Imagine you are the cabin boy and the other two men are salivating at the prospect of your tender flesh. They near you… You have one short speech to convince them that what they are about to do is wrong. You cannot appeal to taste (“I have very little fat, my flesh won’t be at all marbled”) nor to threats and promises (unless moral — think about that!). You must appeal to reasons they will recognize as sound and enable them to overcome their momentary impulse of survival at all costs. <\/p>\n

You can do it in groups (tell me who you are in the text though) or as individuals. You will have to log in with your usual uni details and then post the comment so I can reply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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