ovdje - Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo

loga zbog kojih određeni filozofi nisu odobravali žrtvovanje životinja i
njihovo korištenje u prehrani. Najprije, to su razlozi u kojima se naglašava
intrinzično srodstvo životinja i ljudi, a koji impliciraju da je životinje iz
supstancijalnih razloga nepravedno ubijati i jesti. Neki filozofi su, zatim,
mislili da konzumiranje posebnih životinja može narušiti bliskost bogova
i ljudi odnosno da je svojevrsni vegetarijanski modus življenja neophodan
preduvjet za čovjekovo uzdizanje do boga. Treća grupa razloga utemeljena
je na tezi da odustajanje od uništavanja životinja potiče mirotvorstvo,
smanjuje mogućnost dehumanizacije ljudi i pojavu kanibalizma među
njima. Konačno, autori su utvrdili i razloge contra upotrebe životinja u
prehrambene svrhe koji su imali pragmatičan prizvuk, kao u slučaju zabranjivanja
da se jedu tzv. radne životinje.
ANCIENT UNDERSTANDING OF ANIMAL SACRIFICE
AND ANIMAL CONSUMPTION
In this paper the authors are analysing the attitudes of ancient philosophers
who opposed to the animal oblations or refused to eat animal meat.
The analysis of preserved documents has shown that there were several
groups of reasons for the sake of which certain philosophers did not approve
of the animal sacrifice and of the use of animals as food. Firstly,
there are reasons emphasising the intrinsic kinship of animals and humans,
implying that it is substantially unjust to kill and eat animals. Some philosophers,
furthermore, thought that consumption of specific animals might
hinder the closeness of gods and men, i.e. that a kind of vegetarian mode
of living is a necessary precondition for man’s transcendence to god. The
third group of reasons is based on the thesis that relinquishing of the animal
killing encourages peacemaking, reduces the possibility of dehumanization
of men and of the appearance of cannibalism among them. Finally, the
authors have also identified the reasons contra the use of animals as food,
which had a pragmatic tone, for example such as prohibition of eating the
so-called working animals.
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