“I agree wholeheartedly with Sentientism” – A.C. Grayling – Humanist Philosopher & Author – Sentientism Episode 132
A Sentientist conversation with philosopher A.C. Grayling about “what’s real?”, “who matters?” and “How can we make a better world?”
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“Incorrect beliefs impact the lives of others” – Street Epistemologist Mark Solomon – Sentientism Episode 109
Dr. Mark Solomon is an author, neuropsychologist, musician and radio show/podcast host. Sentientism is “evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings”.
“Time has come for non-human animals to be globally protected in UN-iversal law” – Sabine Brels of the World Federation for Animals
Sabine is legal advisor to the World Federation for Animals. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?”
“You cannot go wrong with compassion” – primatologist Frans de Waal – Sentientist Conversations
Frans is a primatologist and ethologist whose talks and books have been viewed and read by tens of millions of people. A Sentientist Conversation.
An Introduction to Sentientism – on YouTube and podcast. “Talking to Humanists about other sentients”
An Introduction to Sentientism – on YouTube and podcast. Talking to Humanists about other sentients.
From Human Rights to Sentient Rights: the next generation of rights thinking
From Human Rights to Sentient Rights: the next generation of rights thinking. If we grant rights in order to reduce suffering, shouldn’t we grant rights to everyone that can suffer?
“De-centring the human” – New Sentientist Conversation with Josh Gellers. Also Happy New Year!
In this video, Jamie talks to author and associate professor Josh Gellers. Josh’s work spans animal, environmental and artificial intelligence ethics and law. He is a research fellow with the Earth System Governance Project and is a Fulbright scholar. He is Author of “Rights for Robots”.We talk about growing up in a culturally Jewish household, non-human rights (animal, robot or otherwise) and how to take a pluralistic approach that “wades in the waters of other ways of knowing” without slipping into a relativism that excuses causing needless harm.
Universal Declaration of Sentient Rights
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 […]