As a warning, I will be talking about some heavy topics like dead bodies in a really not serious and likely uncaring seeming way. I wouldn't recommend if you are sensitive to these topics. Also, as a general assumption, you probably shouldn't eat a dead body if you found one on the streets.
Personally I wouldn't have a problem with my family or anyone else really, having a scran at my kidneys or whatever is edible (or non edible I guess though I'd prefer people to not be poisoned).
However, even me consenting is against US laws if it is considered murder which is fair enough, and desperation or survival isn't legally excusable for snacking on a quick leg or two.
I get preventing murder but if you somehow legally have a corpse, let's say grandma passed her expiration date, could you eat her for a cultural ritual or just because you're strange. This is also illegal due to it being mostly illegal to obtain body parts as well as desecrate a corpse as forensics might be interested in the investigation of why the body has bite marks and if it was a murder.
I also understand not being able to buy body parts, I'd be pretty pissed if I wanted my ashes to be buried on a hill at sunset with the valley surrounding me, and then some kid grabs half my torso to chew with his coke and dominos.
And even if you wrote your consent in your will I guess that would still be illegal cannibalism.
I am going to briefly mention the idea of someone creepily buying dead private parts here and move on. Would it be necrophilia to use a "hyper realistic" dildo?
Investigating potential crimes also makes sense as eating the body may ruin loads of evidence like injuries and blood tests.
But let's say there is no suspicion of crime, the person consented in their will, and you somehow managed to legally buy their parts, that shouldn't be illegal right? Although there could be contradicting will statements like wanting to have their organs be donated, another reason cannibalism could be bad.
As well as this, there is obviously the moral and emotional aspect which is probably the biggest objection to cannibalism which people actually have, it just sounds wrong or weird to eat people, even typing it is off putting.
That could be the disgusting images of desperation or horror given from films, the idea of destroying someone close to you's body as it hurts the emotional bond, and just the general disgust of eating our own species like it is betrayal.
Many probably just think it will taste bad but I mean, shouldn't it be the most nutritious thing you can eat since it should have everything you need to grow - that is if the body is healthy.
I guess disease is possible but even then, I believe I have the legal right to do something stupid no matter if it is bad for my health. Maybe eating human is really healthy previously mentioned, maybe it should be encouraged for a treat meat.
Another big way of thinking about it as wrong is the religious perspective, eating your body probably won't let the soul reach heaven, for both eater and eatee. Unless the soul comes out in the toilet a bit after, the logistics of soul transportation is a bit blurry for me.
I think burial is the ideal method of respecting the dead in the Christian viewpoint because it gives the body back to earth, back to nature where it came from; allowing reincarnation to continue perhaps. Or just giving the body a rest while the soul yeets to heaven.
Imagine living a whole 80 year life made up of pure holiness and sinlessness but some bozo dogs you out of ur grave to eat you like a KFC bucket so you can't go to heaven. Would you live in their stomach or something? Or do you just go plop to hell. Maybe you get given a chance in purgatory.
Can I eat the body after it's buried and the soul is gone up to heaven or is it like a constant check in thing? That could be another hyperthetical all by itself; religious nuance, for another time.
The part related to the ethics of eating a human body which I think is the biggest reason people see it as wrong, is the emotional trouble. Death has a huge impact on people, even people you don't know can bring a wave of sad for a lot of people.
But losing someone close, having a huge part of your life gone and maybe other hope crumbles, is really impactful and would definitely be considered inconsiderate if you ate their close person. Not only because you may deface them literally, but also just as what seems weird to call politeness, you shouldn't treat people's memories and relationships as fictional and the bereaved bodies as resources. I probably wouldn't look at, whoever ate my lost family member, the same for instance.
Despite that, some cultures probably ritualise the process of eating the dead as a step in the natural cycle of life. Or maybe a symbolic gesture to show infinite attachment to their dead companions, literally in your cells if you look at it that way.
It's also just not seen to be a natural human instinct to eat other humans as it seems anti-social and murderous. You may also regret eating someone, maybe carrying guilt only afterwards.
With all this considered, you gotta wonder what is considered cannibalism, is biting my nails or arm cannibalism because I've done that. What if it's someone else's cancer or fungus that I'm eating, is that legally considered part of them? What if I just eat a tiny bit of skin, what if it's accidental?
In reality I just won't be able to be sued for most of this but I do wonder about more extreme and confusing cases.
Can I eat myself? Does it have to be more than 1 arm maybe? What if I did it so that poison wouldn't reach my heart through the arm I bit off? Do I have to swallow or can I just chew it? What if an animal bites a part of me off and then I eat the body part? Who gets the persecution? Is it gay if I eat a dick?
In my view, If somehow everybody who knew me forgot about me and I consented to bring eaten, I wouldn't care, maybe I'll change my mind when I get jumped by a rabid Street cannibal cult leader who tries eating me but I usually don't get offended by things.
No matter what weird and thought out scenario you come up with, there will always be someone who cares either personally or not, so you should probably not eat dead people if you want to be respected. But then again, your life is your choice. Do what you want as long as it's legal.
Thanks for reading up to here, thanks for listening. 4
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