Professional atheist Richard Dawkins continues to push the envelope against a God-deluded world, proposing that cultivating and eating human \u201cmeat\u201d might help society overcome its \u201ctaboo\u201d against cannibalism.<\/span><\/p>\n Commenting on an article<\/strong><\/span><\/a> from the UK\u2019s Independent<\/em> newspaper, which touts the benefits of lab-grown \u201cclean meat,\u201d Dawkins tweeted earlier this month that perhaps something similar could be done with human flesh, which would assist western culture in shedding yet another irrational remnant of its Judeo-Christian roots.<\/span><\/p>\n Dawkins said that eating lab-grown human meat would provide an \u201cinteresting test case for consequentialist morality versus \u2018yuck reaction\u2019 absolutism,\u201d which keeps people from doing things just because they seem morally repugnant.<\/span><\/p>\n Tissue culture \u201cclean meat\u201d already in 2018? I\u2019ve long been looking forward to this.https:\/\/t.co\/p41NR3NEZn<\/a> — Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) March 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
What if human meat is grown? Could we overcome our taboo against cannibalism? An interesting test case for consequentialist morality versus \u201cyuck reaction\u201d absolutism.<\/p>\n