You
 wrote:" ...since we ourselves are primates. In a confused society, 
where "What should humans eat?" is a common question, doesn't it make 
sense to look at the diet of other similar animals, i.e. other primates?”
If
 this is the case: Since we ourselves are primates and live in a 
confused society, where ‘How do humans behave morally?’ is a common 
question, doesn’t it make sense to look at the moral behaviors of other 
primates?
Why
 don't we also look at other primates and emulate behaviors that are practiced
 by many primates, e.g. teach part of our society to emulate 
cannibalism, and stop fighting against human cannibalism? And among 
other primates this also occurs:
‘Males
 control females by physical violence and intimidation. Chimpanzees also
 engage in purposeful raids to kill members of other chimpanzee groups.’
 And if we are going to eat what other primates eat, why don’t we advocate 
that some people in our society should be cannibals?
But
 no one in our society is arguing that we should emulate these 
behaviors, including emulating a diet which includes eating other 
humans.
Here are some examples of the primate behaviors that I referred to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wondermonkey/2011/04/cannibalism---what-is-it-good.shtml
http://oyc.yale.edu/molecular-cellular-and-developmental-biology/mcdb-150/lecture-2 
I
 rather learn from them and emulate what is good, e.g. the altruism, 
love and compassion they can and know how to display; and ignore to 
emulate what is bad and hurts other conscious beings.
I
 think we should dig inside instead, and apply, develop and enhance our 
sense of love, compassion, empathy and respect to all individuals 
regardless of whether they are consciousness in a human body, 
consciousness in a primate body, etc.
 
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