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This and another thread is causing me to think about ethics and morality as a whole - and whether it is possible to define a self-consistant set of morals and ethics (the other thread is the one about the TFP Christians)
I'm not sure yet, but I'm vearing towards a model where one does what one is comfortable doing themselves - i.e. causing to be killed only what one would be comfortable killing oneself - I think this would apply to food habits, euthanasia, warfare, abortion etc - the important thing is to take careful consideration and ask whether you feel comfortable taking responsibility for the death of another creature.
Many of us would say yes, and others no - but we should all at least think about it.
For example, if I am happy to kill for food (or other reasons), I should not be surprised when someone (or something) else wants to kill and eat me for food (or other reasons). I should at least not expect to start berating it or them on their ethics of the matter if they decide to turn the tables on me.
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