For most vegans and vegetarians, it is an ethical thing: don’t violate someone’s consent, especially not to murder, forcibly impregnate, torture, imprison, rape and eat them or their (unborn) children.
That’s why some vegans argue honey is vegan (despite being an animal product) because the bees aren’t exploited and can migrate anywhere if they so choose, while other vegans argue that honey is non-vegan because they disagree with that interpretation of beekeeping and they consider the bees to be suffering from common practices of beekeeping.
Technically, consensual cannibalism would be vegan, and definitely so would eating boogers. I hope this answers your question.
For most vegans and vegetarians, it is an ethical thing: don’t violate someone’s consent, especially not to murder, forcibly impregnate, torture, imprison, rape and eat them or their (unborn) children.
That’s why some vegans argue honey is vegan (despite being an animal product) because the bees aren’t exploited and can migrate anywhere if they so choose, while other vegans argue that honey is non-vegan because they disagree with that interpretation of beekeeping and they consider the bees to be suffering from common practices of beekeeping.
Technically, consensual cannibalism would be vegan, and definitely so would eating boogers. I hope this answers your question.