Does veganism view humans as greater than more than human beings? If so, what is the justification? If not, why is the focus on human diet?
Killing and hurting animals is bad for humans.
Does veganism view humans as greater than animals?
Veganism does not view humans as morally superior to animals.
Why is the focus on human diet and behavior?
We focus on communicating with humans because we share the same language, which gives us a chance to persuade them.
That said, we don’t ignore the suffering that other animals can cause. But strategically, our main focus is on humans. Once all humans become vegans, we can better explore peaceful ways to address harm caused by other animals.
If not, why is the focus on human diet?
there is no such focus, vegans go to great lengths to distance themselves from vegetarians and the like exactly because veganism is not just a diet
There is no focus on humans eating animals? Surely you have not made yourself clear
It’s not just about food. There’s all the other ways in which humans exploit animals: labor, test subjects, zoo exhibits, raw materials (leather, down) etc. Also all of the resource usage, labor, abysmal land use, and pollution that goes into maintaining these practices.
Humans are the only animals that speak human languages and can therefore a) have exploitative social relations between humans and non-humans explained to them in terms they may understand and b) be persuaded to adjust their relationship to other animals.
Human diet is not the primary problem, the industrialized slavery and murder of animals and the ignorance of/apathy to non-human suffering (not to mention the human suffering that is also a necessary consequence of that industry) that sustains that diet is.
Alas, I still haven’t managed to convince sharks to go vegan
