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Eric Schwitzgebel

@eschwitz Eric Schwitzgebel The Splintered Mind
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Dylan B. Raines

Concern for the well-being of all living beings ought to be the highest concern for all living beings. @dylanbraines
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David

Sentient beings feel, have consciousness and emotions, yet they are voiceless, there should a be a charter of animal rights
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Rom 2050

Suffering in any sentient being, even if not human, is still suffering. If our aim as individuals and society is to be “good”, in any kind of definition possible, elimination […]
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MK

In my estimation there are certain types of pain that can never be compensated for, the merciless slaughter of animals is only one type. @esotericspeech
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Raphael Nicolle

Differences don’t matter, only sentience does.
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Arpad Lorberer

Curiosity helped me the most. Knowledge fills you up. Observing something is a pleasure, deducing something else from it is another. I do Science just for the sake of it […]
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Allyson Gray

I believe that suffering experienced by sentient beings is the greatest “evil” in this world, and I’m committed to doing everything I can to reduce it.
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Nick

If an organism seeks to avoid death and can suffer pain–even if not nerve-based as that which we are accustomed to–it is sentient and should be accorded rights. Both nonhuman […]
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Peter Singer

“I’m a Sentientist because all suffering matters morally and because evidence and reason are the only ways to really understand our world.” Find our first Sentientist conversation here on the […]
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Alex Egorov

Sentientism- not only feels right, but actually is one of the most reasonable and convincing concepts I have ever come across Alex Egorov
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George Church

A Bill of Rights for the Age of Artificial Intelligence – We should be concerned about the rights of all sentients as an unprecedented diversity of minds emerges @geochurch George […]
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Beckham

I like to learn about philosophy and hopefully teach it to people. @Karrrisa_TD  
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Shaya Ish-Shalom

Compassion for and kindness to every sentient creature. Shaya Ish-Shalom  
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Jules Dickinson

For me, it is an evolutionary step as a human to recognise the ‘non-human animal’ as sentient with individuality – and not objects to be commodified by us. @writers_accord Jules’ […]
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Walter Veit

Walter is an interdisciplinary scientist, philosopher and writer focusing on biology, minds and ethics. He publishes the ‘Science and Philosophy‘ series on Psychology Today and Medium. He is vegan and has a naturalistic worldview.
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Zane Celmer

The consideration of others not based on species is virtuous @ZCelmer
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Michael Dello-Iacovo

“Suffering matters, no matter who experiences it. Sentientism is the label that captures this world view.” Michael Dello-Iacovo (michaeldello.com​ and @MichaelDello​) is a PhD candidate in space science, looking at […]
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David Pearce

“‘May all that have life be delivered from suffering.” (Gautama Buddha) Let’s help other creatures, not harm them. Any civilisation worthy of the name will be vegan. Our goal should […]
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Deborah Barrass

It’s a perfect description of my ethical and moral approach to life.
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen

Sentience matters for moral consideration. Evidence, Reason, Universalism.
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Kamugasha Louis

I believe in reason and am an animal @UgandaCenter
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Charlie

I realised it’s not just humans, other beings are individuals too. They think, they feel, they have understanding. @whynotvegan2
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Ed

I’ve considered myself a secular Humanist for the past 35 years or so, but at an even younger age, before the double digits, I felt that the injustices to other […]
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Vince

No sentient being is above others. I have no right to persecute other beings for food, clothing or vanity. I have freed myself from years of peer pressure, trying to […]
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Mel Dawson

Sentientism, like veganism for me, is very much a guiding principle in life. It came to me as a revelation in my late teens, that life choices held such hypocrisy. […]
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Cristian Murgu

I’m a sentientist because i cannot justify ethical isolationism. @christofglass
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Lauri J, Owen, MA, JD, Esq.

Ethics demand that the strong inflict no harm on those who feel pain and fear. Humans are animals, too.
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Eleanor Elizabeth Forman

I don’t believe humans are qualitatively more special than other creatures, except insomuch as we flatter ourselves.
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Michael Sweeney

I believe in extending moral consideration to all sentient beings as individuals with their own interests and values. I am also a longtime Humanist and member of the AHA because […]
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Heather Browning

Find Heather’s first Sentientism Conversation with me here on Youtube or here on the Sentientism podcast. Find her second Sentientism conversation, along with her partner, philosopher Walter Veit, on the […]
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Ben De Groeve

If a sentientist is someone who wants to use evidence, reason and compassion for the benefit of all sentient beings, I consider myself a sentientist. “The good life is one […]
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Upper body shot of Joan Slonczewski sitting in a desk chair in an office, smiling towards the camera. Pin-board and computer screen in the background.

MurderBot, Non-violent Protest & Microbial Minds

Joan Slonczewski is a microbiologist at Kenyon College and a science fiction writer. A Sentientism worldview conversation about what's real, who matters and how to make a better world.
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Baroness Natalie Bennett “You’ll have less stuff in your life but you’ll have far more life!” on Sentientism ep:222

Natalie Bennett is a politician and journalist who was the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2012 to 2016. A Sentientism conversation about "what's real?", "who matters?" and "how to make a better future?"
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“We don’t need to wait for a Star Trek future”

We’ve just published an audio-remastered version of a classic Sentientism podcast episode (#55 from May 2021) with author, researcher and lecturer Christopher Sebastian. The Apple podcast link is here, the […]
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A Joyful Journey Towards an Edenic Vision – Matthew Halteman ‪on Sentientism ep:221

Matthew Halteman is professor of philosophy at Calvin University‬ & a fellow in the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. A Sentientism conversation.
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