A society legalizes the slaughter and consumption of a class of humans reclassified as non-persons, testing how quickly dehumanization can be normalized when economic incentives align with institutional power.
A radical extrapolation of dehumanization dynamics: how legal frameworks enable atrocity by redefining who counts as human. Relevant to genocide prevention, factory farming ethics, and rights erosion.
Domains: Ethics and Philosophy of TechnologyEconomics and Resource AllocationGovernance and Political Systems
Scenario Types: Warning / Self-preventing prophecyCautionary tale
Outcomes: DystopianCatastrophic
Tags: dehumanizationcannibalismlegal-reclassificationrights-erosion