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Joe Wills @DrJoeWills·

It's no small thing for a contributing editor of the @financialtimes to pen an opinion piece concluding that "Ascribing legal personality to animals may be an idea whose time has come". Great to see progressive ideals like these entering the mainstream. https://www.ft.com/content/b6f0b022-2c70-42c3-b850-ab6b48841fcf

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Most people, religious or not, would agree that needlessly causing suffering or death is morally wrong.

Yet some people with a supernaturally grounded morality cannot agree.

They are terrified that agreeing would render their own deity morally irrelevant and maybe, immoral.

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Have compassion for non-vegans: They've been told, since birth, by parents & all of society, that harming & killing sentient beings for food/drink is completely normal.

Have compassion for vegans: They see harming & killing sentient beings for pleasure as deeply immoral.

🌱💚🌍

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@Sentientism @sentientism·

Most religious people use evidence and reason in their daily lives and have genuine compassion for others. We have so much in common.

But isn't that despite the essence of religion:

Your epistemology is: "Believe what you're told."

Your morality is: "Do what you're told."?

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Herbiⓥore @herbivore_club·

25 Oct

The @BBC has come under fire after removing a documentary on climate change titled Meat: A Threat To Our Planet 🌍

The broadcasting company pulled the film, narrated by animal biologist Liz Bonnin, following complaints from the National Farmers’ Union 🙄
https://plantbasednews.org/culture/film/bbc-pull-documentary-meat-a-threat-to-our-planet/

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Jamie Woodhouse @JamieWoodhouse·

@davidallengreen Thanks for writing this, David. These ideas are rapidly becoming more mainstream.

You might (or might not) find #Sentientism an interesting worldview.

It focuses on sentience as the only required characteristic for serious moral consideration.

https://sentientism.info/faq

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21h

"#Sentientism feels like home!"

Our first YouTube video - an inspiring #SentientistConversation with the actress, recording artist, author & activist @caroleraphaelle 💚

https://youtu.be/43srs9jNrCY

Thanks @cgbessellieu for the post-prod of my amateur recording!

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24 Oct

@itsbeyondbelief Evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings.

Like these rational, compassionate people:

https://sentientism.info/who-are-sentientists/suspected-sentientists

#Sentientism

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💚 Wear A Mask 😷@gurlinthewurld·

23 Oct

'The conditions are catastrophic' — Inside Germany's #FactoryFarms
Despite the efforts of activists and whistleblowers, the harsh realities of the meat industry largely remain shrouded in secrecy. #Sentientism #Animals https://www.dw.com/en/the-conditions-are-catastrophic-inside-germanys-factory-farms-on-the-green-fence/a-55349478

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Mel dawson @Meldawson6·

23 Oct

It still breaks me...two broken souls find comfort...😔💚
📸 Tobias Baumgaertner #Melbourne #Sentientism

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23 Oct

@TrueSciPhi @GreggDCaruso Encouraging to see how many of them are #Sentientist.

Soon, of course, it will be all of them 🙂

Evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings.

https://sentientism.info/who-are-sentientists/suspected-sentientists

https://sentientism.info/wall

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20 Oct

@Atticist There are two suspected Ancient Greek #Sentientist here... Strato and Theophrastus.

https://sentientism.info/who-are-sentientists/suspected-sentientists

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20 Oct

@Atticist There are two suspected Ancient Greek #Sentientist here... Strato and Theophrastus.

https://sentientism.info/who-are-sentientists/suspected-sentientists

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19 Oct

It doesn't matter whether people use the terms #Sentientist or #Sentientism.

Lots of people don't like "isms" or labels.

The important thing is that people believe based on evidence & reason and have compassion for all sentient beings.

https://sentientism.info/who-are-sentientists/suspected-sentientists

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18 Oct

@lastpositivist Thank you! Love it.

Given your naturalistic stance and your reference to "all sentient beings", does that make you a #Sentientist?

Interested in your thoughts on the term if you get a few mins to skim.

https://sentientism.info/faq

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