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now who could argue with those eyes?

missbettie. We are not advocating eating roadkill, or flesh of any kind. Rather, we are exploring the (situational?) ethics behind eating it.

This sounds vaguely like ethical relativism, but based on an individual, rather then a societal norm.

An interesting read...
http://www.stpt.usf.edu/hhl/papers/relative.htm

In a way it is promoting cannibalism. but, only under extreme circumstances. I think it comes down to the same ethical question you posed earlier... To what degree are we responsible for the way...

Actually, that is exactly the reason I don't wear fake leather clothing. Even though the individual item is vegan, it's my belief that it fosters the desire for the real product.

No, not the ick-factor, although... ick.
I simply do not see flesh as food. But you do raise an interesting point... would that change if it meant continued survival. For me, my thoughts now are...

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Ethically speaking, If you were to make a jacket of the deer's skin. would you see it as promoting the use of animals as clothing?

The question could then be expanded to ask... "Is there a moral dilemma with eating the flesh of a human that lived a free life and then died a natural or truly accidental death?"

Maybe it's just...