The Taking of the Sacred

All life is sacred. Sacrifice has been an integral part of human history since history has been recorded. Is the taking of life as a sacrifice sacred? I would say yes. Is sacrificing yourself for the higher cause noble? Indeed it is. When an animal gives its life unwilling is it a sacrifice or a murder? Does the deer’s death mean he has sacrificed himself, although unwilling perhaps, for the higher cause? Or does it perish so you may have meat in your belly? Would you sacrifice yourself for the higher cause of the deer? Or the cows, or the chickens? If you cannot, if you would not, then you have no moral right to consume animal flesh. You have no moral right to eat eggs. When you are willing to sacrifice yourself for the deer is when you are worthy for their sacrifice. I need to take this one step further. When you are willing to sacrifice yourself for any life, is when you are worthy of their sacrifice. We must extend or hands to all life.

My ethics of meat and eggs consumption

The consumption of meat and eggs is a morally neutral action. What makes it good or evil is the intent. If I were living in the forest and surviving as part of the ecosystem, then eating meat would not be wrong. As long as my actions of killing and preparing were in harmony with my ecosystem. However, if I walk into the local chain store and buy tenderloin and eat it, then my action is not moral. I’ve committed many immoral acts. The animal was raised inhumanely and has been bred purposefully for market. Its basic genetics have been screwed up. It has been fed improperly, has no habitat, and has no quality of life that any wild animal would find appealing. It was killed inhumanely and for the sole purpose of profit. It was eaten when other more ethical and abundant food source were available. The list goes on as far as the imagination does.

Milk

Drinking milk from other animals is morally wrong unless in a survival situation. It should be avoided at any costs.