This is a great definition. One term I'd really like to see in there tho is commodification... that we are opposed to the buying and selling of animals bodies or derived products, turning them into objects for human use.
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Could be a good idea to put the definition in the community description. Rule 1 already implies that this is about the ethical aspect and not just plantbased diet, but this would be more clear I guess.
It is not a great definition in my opinion. The sentence "as far as is possible and practicable" is too vague. It makes people claim that when it is merely very inconvenient to get a vegan meal, it is vegan to eat something with animal products.
In my opinion veganism should be the extention of human rights to animals. That would mean that even killing a pig for a heart valve to safe a human would not be vegan. After all, we wouldn't even kill one human to safe multiple others in a similar scenario because that would violate the rights of the to be killed individual. You could argue that it is better to safe more lives, sure. But it wouldn't be the 'pro-human rights' thing to do.
I believe that is more in line with the philosophy the vegan society was founded to promote than their own current definition.
I think that line is important to explain that its impossible to completely wash our hands of any animal suffering, even as vegans, but I agree with your points that animals should given better rights (the first page or so of "animal liberation" by peter singer explains why the term "equal rights" is kind of unnecessary, but I know what you mean)
we wouldn’t even kill one human to safe multiple others in a similar scenario
Yeah, we would? In fact, we make decisions every day that put other's lives in risk, just for our own convenience. Is the one millionth of a person that you kill driving to the grocery store worth it when you could just walk?
I think accidents and risks are different. We wouldn't kill a person to safe 4 people with organ failure.
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Yep, that's it. Vegan society also got it right. Wikipedia is, to this day, isn't great. I see many people misunderstanding, maybe on purpose, the nuance (as far as possible) because of poorly put definitions.