is that a cultural thing , some part of the USA , or what ? <| sep |> What are you even talking about ? <| sep |> I see a few bits on book depository , nothing major but take a look <| sep |> Minor buffs ? Those buffs were pretty massive <| sep |> he disregarded social , evolutionary and cultural contextsAll of these things are irrelevant to the vast majority of people ' s intuitive ideas about morality . Most people believe their moral systems are socially and culturally universal , apply irrespective of our evolutionary history , etc . You ' re essentially saying ' your arguments for the objective wrongness of eating meat are false because I disagree that morality is that way ! ', no ? If one asserts that the eating of nonhuman animals is okay , and the eating of humans isn ' t , universally , and they also believe that morality is universally applicable , reasonable , etc both of which are rather common beliefs , then it stands to reason that there must be some quality possessed by humans that makes them different to nonhumans and that quality must justify our beliefs about the difference in moral reasoning . I don ' t think your utilitarian argument really follows , either . Animals are a rather inefficient way of producing consumable calories .