Sentientism
Evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings
Andrew is Professor of Animal Welfare and Ethics and a vet. A Sentientist conversation about “what’s real?” “who matters?” and “How To Make a Better Future?”
Crystal Heath is a full time vet and founder of the non-profit Our Honor. A Sentientist Conversation about “evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings”.
Bel Jacobs is a fashion journalist and activist. A Sentientist Conversation about “what’s real?”, “who matters?” and “how can we make a better future?”
An update on the Sentientism movement for “evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings” – our communities and campaigns.
Sentientism, humanism and atheism (generally speaking) share a naturalistic worldview that uses evidence and reason to ground our beliefs and credences. But can humanism and atheism break free from human supremacism?
Matt is Press Coordinator and an investigator for Direct Action Everywhere (DxE). On Sentientism we discuss “what’s real?”, “who matters?” and “how can we make a better world?”
A Sentientist conversation about “what’s real?” and “what matters?” with Ingrid Newkirk, founder & president of PETA.
Freedom of Species conversation about how to handle misinformation, disinformation and conspiracism in the animal advocacy and vegan movements.
Humanist organisations around the world seem to be getting more open to talking seriously about non-human sentient animals.
A conversation with Alex Lockwood, fiction & non-fiction writer, academic and activist. Sentientism is “evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings”.
David Michelson leads the YesOnIP13 initiative that aims to outlaw animal abuse and killing in the state of Oregon.
A Sentientist Conversation with Cameron King, Operations Lead for Animal Advocacy Africa.
An update on the Sentientism movement as of October 2021
What if we re-wrote the Sustainable Development Goals for all sentient beings? Would Sentientist Development Goals be better for both human and non-human sentients?
Jamie talks to author, activist, non-profit co-founder and podcast host, Jasmin Singer. Jasmin is the author of “The VegNews Guide to Being a Fabulous Vegan” and the memoir “Always Too Much and Never Enough“. She co-founded Our Hen House and co-hosts their podcast.We talk about growing up celebrating both Hannukah and Christmas, going vegetarian at 19 because it fit Jasmin’s cool New York image – then going vegan and instantly dedicating her life to animal advocacy. We also discuss the parallels between religious and carnist indoctrination, the intersection of different forms of oppression and the balance between institutional and personal social change.
Vicky is Managing Director of The Humane League UK. She trained as a vet and worked in the animal agriculture industry before leaving to focus on campaigning for non-human animals. In these Sentientist Conversations, we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” and “what matters?”
“Drop the retribution. Instead use restoration, rehabilitation, protection and deterrence. Justice for all sentient beings.”
I’m not a fan of celebrity worship, but well-known people can play an important role in normalising positive changes. They can help chip away at the mental block that so many people have because they see Sentientism and related worldviews (such as veganism, atheism and humanism) as “weird” – or worry that their friends and […]
What would sentientist news be like? More data, more animals, more impact, more global, less “If it bleeds it leads”? Let us know what you think.
We’ve created a new page about Sentientist Politics. Parties and movements that have a naturalistic or sentiocentric (non-human animal) focus. Maybe one day we’ll see both – sentientist parties and movements…
There is a little-known philosophy, well-founded in reality, that provides a sound basis for compassionate ethics and which will eventually become our predominant way of thinking. That’s partly because adopting this philosophy will give us the best chance of addressing the world’s problems, from the climate change crisis to the impact of artificial general intelligence. That philosophy is Sentientism.
If you think sentientism is important and would like to help raise awareness of the idea – here are some suggestions of things you can do to help.
This list focuses on tactical awareness raising. We’ll add more to our “How” page about the existing and maybe new campaigns that align with Sentientism. Why not come and join one of our community groups and join or start a conversation about what more we can do.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was a milestone in moral and political thinking and remains an influential reference today. Given Sentientism extends moral consideration to all sentient beings, not just humans, shouldn’t we consider extending the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? As a thought experiment, I’ve set out some thoughts on what a […]
I’ve had some great conversations since my first article on Sentientism was published in Areo. As a reminder, Sentientism is an ethical philosophy or worldview that applies evidence and reason and extends moral consideration to all sentient beings. Sentient beings have the ability to experience things – suffering or flourishing. They include humans, non-human animals and […]
Sentientism is a worldview that commits to using evidence, applying reason and granting degrees of moral consideration to all sentient beings.
While it is a simple philosophy, Sentientism has far reaching implications. Read on!