Pros And Cons Of Cooking Lobster

3. If the question of whether lobsters are in pain is difficult to decide, why don’t we stop cooking them alive until we are certain of the answer? Is it alright to inflict pain on animals simply because we prefer the taste when they are cooked that way? What is it about these kinds of accepted practices that makes people continue to do them without really thinking about the ethical concerns?
I personally don't like lobsters, and I would never go out of my way to eat them. That being said, I'm not the most qualified person to fully judge someone based on their cultural interests, particularly Maine and eating of lobsters. Now, when it comes to cooking them alive – I don't understand this practice, as it seems a little needless and cruel. I do understand the stigma that it's fresher that way, but that absolutely cannot possibly be the only way to cook lobster and still have it relatively fresh. If you were to boil a lobster alive and then boil a dead lobster, and serve both to the same person to try, would they truly be able to tell the difference? From what I've
Whether or not they decide to act on how they feel determines their way of life and cultural moralities. Boiling a lobster alive probably is pretty upsetting, but is the person then going to feel a moment of remorse and dig the lobster out of the boiling pot? What will they do then, now that they've got a half-dead lobster in their hands? Put it back in the ocean and let it die from its burns, because at the end of the day, there's a pretty slim chance that lobster is still going to be alive. I think this is what stops people from changing the situation, it's just a matter of "Well if I don't boil it now, it'll just get boiled by someone else. If I pull it out of that pot, it'll just die later due to the burns." I'm not at all justifying the practice, this is just what I believe to be the case based on human