I think maybe there are different "kinds" of vegans. As in: maybe not all vegans are vegan because of the same ideology.
One vegan explained his motivations like this: he's against slavery, using animals is like a form of slavery and he's against that. Even if you treat the animal like a king; it's still not free to do its own thing. I really liked his reasoning, it seemed consistent and coming from a good place.
That logic would allow him to eat figs because it's a natural process, as you're no actor in the process of the fig forming itself.
One vegan explained his motivations like this: he's against slavery, using animals is like a form of slavery and he's against that. Even if you treat the animal like a king; it's still not free to do its own thing. I really liked his reasoning, it seemed consistent and coming from a good place.
That logic would allow him to eat figs because it's a natural process, as you're no actor in the process of the fig forming itself.