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Is cannibalism morally wrong?

Not talking about murdering someone and eating them necessarily.
There are for instance examples of two consenting adults who agree to eat and be eaten respectively.
So is cannibalism itself morally wrong?
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imareallyfatman · 36-40, M
Morals apart there's another good reason to not eat human flesh: kuru.

It's a deadly disease, no joke.
UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M
@imareallyfatman Which you can only get by eating specifically the brain(just the brain, it's not present in other tissues) of people who were infected by it. The danger of kuru is a thing that's been massively overblown by the internet, it's practically a meme, and eating humans used to be a fairly common thing in a fair few places in ancient history.
imareallyfatman · 36-40, M
Oh wow, you already knew kuru! Good job!

Can i ask what do you think about cannibalism?
UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M
@imareallyfatman It's the eating of human meat. 🤷 Best get it quick! Humans become poisonous in pretty short order after death, it's one of our natural defenses. The big reason why predators generally aren't interested in us.
imareallyfatman · 36-40, M
Lol i meant if you think it's fine eating humans!
UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M
@imareallyfatman I stated that in my own post on this thread. I don't think there's anything wrong with the act itself, though I don't approve of murder so there's only very specific circumstances where it could occur without being morally objectionable. I'm more than slightly curious what human tastes like, really, though I doubt I'll ever get a chance to try it.
imareallyfatman · 36-40, M
They say it's like pig.
UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M
@imareallyfatman Long pork, yeah. Which does make some logical sense, pigs have immune systems so similar to ours that you can use pig bone implants in humans when human cadaver bone isn't available.
imareallyfatman · 36-40, M
Are you a wannabe medic or what? Lol
UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M
@imareallyfatman Pretty much read my way through medical school, more like. My mother is terrible at studying so she needed me to walk her through everything and do flash cards with her and stuff. I think I learned more than she did, hahaha.
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@imareallyfatman Humans can get prion diseases from eating meat.. not just humans.
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@imareallyfatman As well as a crap load of parasites... pardon the pun.