Is cannibalism ethical?

Encyclopedia of Opinion

Question: Is cannibalism ethical?
Position‹3 of 3: It is only ethical when necessary for survival

This position holds that cannibalism is ethical only when survival demands it. It argues that, outside a genuine life-or-death situation, eating human flesh is morally abhorrent — but that when one's own life depends on it, ordinary morality understandably takes a backseat.

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Cannibalism morality and ethics take a backseat in life or death situations
In rare and extreme examples where survival depends on cannibalism, it is permissible. For example, when survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash of 1973 turned to cannibalism to survive, the mass media admired their fortitude.