Zefiro

Yesterday I went to the movie theater to watch " Dracula: A Love Tale ", and its ending made me reflect a lot about ethics.

Vampire media in general often raises moral questions for humans, and I realized the disconnect I feel from how humans view and respond to these topics.

( Spoiler for the movie ending )
The existence itself of the vampire is an act of evil, as it has to feed on humans to live.

But the thing is, don't humans as well feed off other living beings? Why is only one of these framed as monstrous?
It's difficult to feel any difference from a vampire drinking human blood to a human eating a steak when you see human and animal life as of equal value.
The average human sees humanity as "above" all other animals, so that's why the concept of a human being prey for another species is seen as horrifying or even sacrilegious.

I can understand not wanting to be eaten and being scared of the possibility of it happening, as no one wants to die like that of course and neither do I, but I don't think pigs want to become sausages either.
So, isn't declaring vampires drinking blood as something inherently evil a bit hypocritical? ( unless you are a vegan I guess )

Humans frequently discuss what the "least immoral" way for a vampire to feed would be. I know I can't chime in as my opinions on this topic seem to be too different from the general consensus, and it would gather quite a few negative reactions. It's a point of view too distant from humanity... too "inhuman". (hence the post title!)

Maybe it's my lifelong alignment with vampires that caused this detachment from the human moral compass and lack of repulsion for the concept.