Food Comes First, Ethics Later

I think we should give priority to the ethics because we humans eat so that we can live, we do not live to eat. The only thing which defers human from animals are these ethics. A long life without ethics is useless and a short life with ethics and values is incredible.

Food or ethics?

According to me food play a vital role in surviving. But we are human not animal. Many of freedom fighters died for us. They has gave their life's for us. They fought for ethics.

They was wanted freedom. If there was food primary thing then, our nation wouldn't be independent. Though food is basic need but if it come from by hard work it would be more testy then if it would be come by begging.

Hi friends here Ethics and food have their own Importance.

For a Poor or a hungry man Food is the main thing to be fulfilled. He hunts for whatever way he can find it. It also depends on the character of the person if he wants to get that in nice way by putting ethical values in mind by giving respect to the society where we live.

It depends however Ethics are like the back bone of the society if a person who is rich or having basic requirements which a person should have he definitely like to be good. Because no one wants to be bad in the society.

According to me, this topic is actually trying to point towards a very burning news now-a-days and i.e. "ban on beef". Because it's a food for some communities in India whereas it's related to ethics for the others. Lets be specific about the two biggest communities of our country where the Muslims supports beef consumption but the Hindus are against it because of their moral values or ethics. But let's also not forget that our constitution supports freedom to eat and live freely as we are breathing in a democratic country.

Hi Guys,

It depends on how the situation indulges a common person in different fragments of life, In modern society, its obligatory on every being to respect other customs and cultures, India is a country with an enormous variety of foods and every group has own ethical values, being a countrymen one must consider the ethics and accordingly consume the foods.

First of all, we are human beings. Yes, Food is the basic necessity for survival. Without proper food, we would be dying instead. We earn our living to serve our families with healthy food. But we don't roam here and there stealing the food we need, isn't it?

We are wiser than animals because of our ethical thinking and values. Values and ethics are created for our own well being and sound healthy living. Take an example we consume food from plants, but as a part of ethics, we also plant trees for a new life. So a human being is well equipped to find his bread along with maintaining the ethical values. We also care for our mother earth as a social responsibility. If every human being thinks in an ethical way for survival. Society will ease at peace.

If a hungry man strives hard for his food. He will definitely get it. Every time adopting unethical ways to get the food degrades the society.

After all an old saying goes as, 'A small morsel of bread was equally shared by seven rats'.

So ethical thinking opens so many doors for a better life, satisfaction and happiness.

Hi, friends, as we all know that " food & ethics " are just like two eyes of the face. Both food and ethics are important for human to survive in life or in society. Food is the basic need for a human. When we follow the ethics then we definitely get food. Without food you can't live so I agree that food comes first, ethics later.

In daily life, we are working just for our basic needs like food, shelter & cloths. After basic need, we think about the ethics. Then we follow the ethics.

And, I totally agree with you @Harpreet. Our today life is very practical and we need the energy to survive in life. And whole energy is getting from the food, not from ethics. So food comes first then Ethics.

Hai friends, here our topic is about food and ethics.

According to me, whatever work we do is only for getting food for feeding ourselves. Its basic criteria for all humans. After fulfilling our basic needs. We should follow our ethics. Of course, ethics is also a basic of survival in society.

According to me, food will always be coming first from ethics. Because as we know that all humans are to the world to doing some work and spend their life happy. For doing work and spending happy life we require energy to do work so life will spend happily. By the principle of law of conservation of energy, we required some previously maintained energy which obviously comes from food. That's why food comes first, as we satisfied we with basic need we concentrate on secondary need that is society. In which each human has its own prospective and living manner. To maintaining this we required ethical values. Therefore food comes first ethics later.

As per Freud's theory of human needs, the first stage is food, shelter and cloth and then comes the other needs. A man has to first work for his survival and other basic needs which include ethics. If man has fulfilled first stage of his need then comes moral duties in the society in which he lives to keep healthy environment and peace. Ethics is also important because if a man do not have ethics he will indulge in theft, stealing of food, robbery for his survival which will be harmful to the society and human existence will be jeopardanized. For example, if we analyse the economy of japan than we will notice that after world war2 the country was defeated and its economy was shattered but people of japan do not give up and with the available resources of food, cloth and shelter and discipline in work raised the country among top of the economy of the world. So both food and ethics play crucial role in a man's life but food comes first before ethics.