Comments on: Cannibalism and Starvation https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/09/11/cannibalism-and-starvation/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/09/11/cannibalism-and-starvation/comment-page-1/#comment-33021 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:56:52 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/09/11/cannibalism-and-starvation/#comment-33021 By the way, here’s the entire story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/09/11/cannibalism-and-starvation/comment-page-1/#comment-33020 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:54:51 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/09/11/cannibalism-and-starvation/#comment-33020 I’d like to say I would not eat another human being, but it’s hard to say what I would do once delirious with starvation.

]]> By: JM https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/09/11/cannibalism-and-starvation/comment-page-1/#comment-33014 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:35:34 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/09/11/cannibalism-and-starvation/#comment-33014 I saw that too.

They tried to eat wood, paper, etc… but after 60 days, you need to eat something.

It makes me wonder if the ethical issue is the same as say… accepting a heart transplant from someone who has died. You are using part of another dead human’s body to prolong your life in a life and death situation.

I would say that them eating their dead is different than voluntarily doing so when there are other options.

I’m not sure what I would do.

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