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Originally Posted by TGWBS
There have been many cultures where cannibalism is seen as perfectly acceptable. Obviously it would be a little odd if the man down the street in Britain started eating people, but you can't just say that anybody who has belonged to a cannibalistic culture is evil.
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I am not saying that at all. Morality, to my mind, can vary over both time and geography. I know this only too well from my job. In any event, I do not regard cannibalism as immoral per se. Indeed, I believe that it is justified in certain circumstances (such as those depicted in the film and book
Alive). However, I would regard Hannibal Lector's behaviour as immoral and, indeed, evil. Murdering people and eating them is both illegal and regarded as immoral in the society within which I live and my question was directed towards people living within the same society.