Definitions by Arseni
Veganism
Veganism is the principle that humans should live without exploiting animals. It's a recognition that they are sentient individuals who deserve to live free from exploitation, rejection of their objectification and use, and an uncompromising demand for their emancipation from humans.
“The object of the (Vegan) Society shall be to end the exploitation of animals by man”; and “The word veganism shall mean the doctrine that man should live without exploiting animals.”
The Society pledges itself, “in pursuance of its object,” to “seek to end the use of animals by man for food, commodities, work, hunting, vivisection, and all other uses involving the exploitation of animal life by man.
The effect of this development is to make veganism unique among movements concerned with animal welfare. For it has crystallized as a whole, and not, as are all other such movements, as an abstraction. Where every other movement deals with a segment—and therefore deals directly with practices rather than principles—veganism is itself a principle, from which certain practices logically flow."
~ Veganism Defined (1951)
Exploitation: the act of using for selfish purposes. (In Search of Veganism 2, 1949)
*This definition was the consensus among several prominent members of Vegan Society
in 1951 with former vice-president Leslie J Cross as key figure in conceptualising the theoretical framework. Read the essays by Cross at tinyurl.com/lesliecross
“The object of the (Vegan) Society shall be to end the exploitation of animals by man”; and “The word veganism shall mean the doctrine that man should live without exploiting animals.”
The Society pledges itself, “in pursuance of its object,” to “seek to end the use of animals by man for food, commodities, work, hunting, vivisection, and all other uses involving the exploitation of animal life by man.
The effect of this development is to make veganism unique among movements concerned with animal welfare. For it has crystallized as a whole, and not, as are all other such movements, as an abstraction. Where every other movement deals with a segment—and therefore deals directly with practices rather than principles—veganism is itself a principle, from which certain practices logically flow."
~ Veganism Defined (1951)
Exploitation: the act of using for selfish purposes. (In Search of Veganism 2, 1949)
*This definition was the consensus among several prominent members of Vegan Society
in 1951 with former vice-president Leslie J Cross as key figure in conceptualising the theoretical framework. Read the essays by Cross at tinyurl.com/lesliecross
Veganism: recognition that animals are individuals - not resources, objects or slaves.
Veganism is the principle that humans should live without exploiting animals.
Veganism is the principle that humans should live without exploiting animals.
Kepism
(From Greek klept- to rob, and Latin capere to seize)
"Kepism is a mentality defined by the parasitic dependency of humans on non-human animals—regardless of the suffering involved."
A "kep" refers to any exploitative action (such as wearing a jacket made of someone else's skin).
Kepism manifests through the continuous use of animals and necessitates their objectification, a process that inherently precludes true decency.
A kep is a wrong action humans should not do.
Kepism identifies the systematic seizure of animal life, labor, and bodies. Much like a pickpocket who does not need to cause physical pain to commit a theft, Kepism is defined by the "taking" itself, independent of whether "interest violations" or suffering occur. It covers kepping in its most brutal forms—such as the conscious dismemberment of fully awake animals—to its most "harmless" forms, like taking a feather from a bird to create a pen.
Kepism covers false beliefs like: „animals are objects that exist for humans to use“ or „the cows skin is a leather jacket.“
The mentality is maintained by a series of false necessities and linguistic masks. To end Kepism, we must also end the euphemisms: we must stop using terms like "factory farm" and call them what they are—mass-slavery-camps and slaughter-factories.
By Animal Emancipation, the author naming Kepism.
"Kepism is a mentality defined by the parasitic dependency of humans on non-human animals—regardless of the suffering involved."
A "kep" refers to any exploitative action (such as wearing a jacket made of someone else's skin).
Kepism manifests through the continuous use of animals and necessitates their objectification, a process that inherently precludes true decency.
A kep is a wrong action humans should not do.
Kepism identifies the systematic seizure of animal life, labor, and bodies. Much like a pickpocket who does not need to cause physical pain to commit a theft, Kepism is defined by the "taking" itself, independent of whether "interest violations" or suffering occur. It covers kepping in its most brutal forms—such as the conscious dismemberment of fully awake animals—to its most "harmless" forms, like taking a feather from a bird to create a pen.
Kepism covers false beliefs like: „animals are objects that exist for humans to use“ or „the cows skin is a leather jacket.“
The mentality is maintained by a series of false necessities and linguistic masks. To end Kepism, we must also end the euphemisms: we must stop using terms like "factory farm" and call them what they are—mass-slavery-camps and slaughter-factories.
By Animal Emancipation, the author naming Kepism.
"The era of kepism is over!"