In the last few days, Gary Francione released a video entitled, Some Thoughts on the Meaning of “Vegan” (see below).
While the video is generally helpful, Gary makes a startling claim*: that you can be vegan without being concerned about moral issues (which isn’t straightforward, since as Gary has suggested, concerns over things like health and the environment can be moral – only they don’t include animal use in their limited morality):
It is not necessary for someone to be a vegan that they do it for only moral reasons… can somebody be a vegan – that is, someone who does not eat, wear or otherwise use animal products to the extent practicable – for reasons of the environment or health, the answer is “Sure.” It’s not just the case that the person can do it only for moral reasons. [Fillers etc omitted.]
