0 the belief that it is morally wrong to eat animals or to use animal products such as milk, eggs, or leather: --
Ethical veganism is based on an opposition to speciesism, the idea that one animal species is morally more important than another.
Following a plant-based diet to be healthy or lose weight, or because it benefits the environment, is not the same as ethical veganism.
The tribunal ruled that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief and so is protected in law.