Question

PHILOSOPHY

3. Is it right to kill animals to eat their meat? Explain in detail how, according to utilitarianism, you can argue for both sides. What conclusion do you go for yourself and why? Explain the concepts you use and show clearly how you reason.
4.Bentham believes that lust has an intrinsic value - that's good in itself. Is there anything that says that his statement is not correct, and anything that says it's correct? Is there anything that has an intrinsic value according to you?
5. Explain what Sartre means that man is "sentenced to freedom". In what way does human existence differ from animal / object?

Answer 1

3.

If we eat only vegetarian food then it will create the large-scale scarcity of food because in the absence of food supply as per demand rate for vegetables will rise. In many middle eastern and western countries are mostly dependant on non-vegetarian food due to their climate and geographic location, and many small nations do not have space and resources to grow every crop for them. Importing every crop will create the extra burden on their economy.

Hence, according to utilitarianism, it is necessary to eat non-veg in order to fulfil the demand for food in society.

Non-veg food is the good and cheap source of protein, vitamins and minerals. Therefore labour, workers and poor class can afford it.

Now, If we look at this issue with another view that it is a biologically proven fact that humans are omnivores, therefore, they should eat both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food.

I am not in the support of unethical, immoral, and cruel hunting of wildlife animal for food and other purposes like for bush meat,whale hunting,killing of rhinos and elephants for their horns and tusks.just trying to say that for the sake of humanity non-veg both veg and non-veg food is equally important and necessary.