Good Enough To Eat

摘要: In mythology, religion, and literature, there are many examples of cannibalism that have been passed down over the centuries which do not strike us as shocking long they remain fixed in a symbolic context. Things only become problematic when cannibalistic impulses taken literally put into practice. Apart from situations extreme emergency this rare phenomenon might enjoy certain sympathy, it also occurs within context serious sexual offences. Recently, Germany, was case man who used internet to find person wanted himself eaten. The victim’s consent unsettled public at large, but judiciary, first did know how legally be appropriately assessed. trial January 2004, sentenced comparatively short prison term few years, sentence lifted by Federal Supreme Court. fresh May 2006, he life imprisonment for murder. essay, I discuss what extent mythological, religious, artistic models express something fundamentally anthropological concrete should assessed against background.