Ricardo Miguel

LANCOG, University of Lisbon

Higher Standards for the Right Labels

29 March 2019, 16:00

Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa

Sala Mattos Romão (Departamento de Filosofia)

Abstract: The Vegan Trademark, by The Vegan Society, is used to certify that products are suitable for vegans. Despite the benefits of this vegan label, I argue that the standards of the labelling practice should be changed, since the core reason that excludes some products from having the label is not excluding other products. I begin with what veganism is, what the related labelling standards are and with a description of two cases. Then I defend that the labelling practice treats those like cases differently. I conclude by saying how the standards should be changed in agreement with veganism.