This is basically the position of Plutarch on the matter of eating meat: http://www.animal-rights-library.com/texts-c/plutarch01.htm http://www.animal-rights-li

This is basically the position of Plutarch on the matter of eating meat: http://www.animal-rights-library.com/texts-c/plutarch01.htm http://www.animal-rights-library.com/texts-c/plutarch01.htm ... humans have the option to choose differently, carnivores cannot. In a sense, exercising the option makes us "more human" (or less animal) than defaulting to a meat diet.