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Alasdair Cochrane

Alasdair Cochrane

I am a sentientist because I believe our moral frameworks and political systems ought to respect the interests of each and every individual who can suffer and take joy from their lives.
@AlasdairCochran
Alasdair at the University of Sheffield
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18 Mar

"Why is it so hard to talk about meat?"
Our new #Sentientism podcast episode is a cross-post of my conversation with @jennysplitter from her FutureFeed substack (go subscribe!). Thanks Jenny!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/149-why-is-it-so-hard-to-talk-about-meat-cross-post/id1540408008?i=1000604685025

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This should be fun. Come along if you're in range of London on April 20th! https://www.meetup.com/central-london-humanists/events/291188125/ #Humanism #Sentientism Thanks @LondonHumanists

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20 Mar

If we define morality solely as rules of co-operation... then yes morality is just about co-operation.

But for many people - maybe even the mainstream - morality is about compassion & kindness. Valuing the perspectives of others whether or not they're able to co-operate.

Oliver Scott Curry @Oliver_S_Curry

Some people seem surprisingly dismissive of a mainstream approach to morality, in the social contract tradition https://twitter.com/Oliver_S_Curry/status/1636701396924784640

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20 Mar

How we come to exclude so many non-human sentient beings from moral consideration.
A fascinating @SentienceInst podcast conversation between two previous #Sentientism podcast guests, @matti_wilks and @Jamie_Harris_94
https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-sentience-institute-podcas-1254113/episodes/matti-wilks-on-human-animal-in-161260528

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19 Mar

@Apikoros613 @edwardtbabinski @SteveTiger999 @juliagalef @sentientism & these are my @Sentientism guests most focused on epistemology 💚 Many with books!

https://youtu.be/Tp40ga1cXEc @NeilLevy10
https://youtu.be/gOIFmTazQiU @acgrayling
https://youtu.be/xzEMs36VbGU @LeeCMcIntyre
https://youtu.be/iu7dGyqmIDY @DrAndyNo
https://youtu.be/OybxPFN8Ifc @B_Reasonable_

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This should be fun. Come along if you're in range of London on April 20th! https://meetup.com/central-london-humanists/events/291188125/
#Humanism #Sentientism Thanks
@LondonHumanists

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This should be fun. Come along if you're in range of London on April 20th! https://www.meetup.com/central-london-humanists/events/291188125/ #Humanism #Sentientism Thanks @LondonHumanists

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20 Mar

How we come to exclude so many non-human sentient beings from moral consideration.
A fascinating @SentienceInst podcast conversation between two previous #Sentientism podcast guests, @matti_wilks and @Jamie_Harris_94
https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-sentience-institute-podcas-1254113/episodes/matti-wilks-on-human-animal-in-161260528

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18 Mar

"Why is it so hard to talk about meat?"
Our new #Sentientism podcast episode is a cross-post of my conversation with @jennysplitter from her FutureFeed substack (go subscribe!). Thanks Jenny!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/149-why-is-it-so-hard-to-talk-about-meat-cross-post/id1540408008?i=1000604685025

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17 Mar

Yes it most certainly does! #sentientism
@theanimalvoters @BronxZoo #WCS #NYC

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6 Jun

Welcome to our "I'm a #Sentientist" wall, Ana, Gustavo, Bevy, Nathaniel, Daniela, Dean, Faraz & Jackie 💚

It only takes a minute to join them!

Every new entry helps to normalise "evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings".

https://sentientism.info/wall

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13 May

Don’t join a cult, become a #sentientist instead 💚 😊

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12 May

A 💚 to all who have joined our "I'm a #Sentientist" wall recently:

Ana, Faraz, Meike, @efwhitton, Adam, Karthik, Ian, @LaurenceBurris5, Elif, Poppy, Ian, Hal.

You can join them & help normalise "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings".

https://sentientism.info/wall

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12 May

Do wild animals matter? What (if anything) should we do about it?

Fascinating thesis by @ludwig_raal taking a #Sentientist approach re: wild animal ethics: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/124595

"Better Never to Have Been in the Wild: A Case for Weak Wildlife #Antinatalism."

#WAS

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5 May

Such a pleasure to talk to Nicolas Treich @Treich13 yesterday about the new field of #SentientistEconomics.

(Yes, every field of human thought is improved by putting "#Sentientist" in front of it 🙂)

Out soon on the #Sentientism YouTube & Podcast.

https://sentientism.info/how/sentientist-economics

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