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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 […]
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Sylvia Corte

I am a sentientist because I spend almost all my life observing animals, so I have no doubts about their sentience. My question is: now that evidence from science, reasoning, […]
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Salanieta Koro

I think… therefore I am a sentientist. Salanieta on FaceBook
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Stijn Bruers

“Sentientism means that we should take into account all and everyone’s positive and negative feelings, without arbitrary exceptions. No-one and nothing can consistently or reasonably object to sentientism, because disagreeing […]
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Anita Alfoldi

I am a sentientist because I believe that all sentient beings have a right to Fairness and Justice. No animal should have to suffer intentionally or be condemned to suffer […]
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Chris Shalendra

I am a sentientist because I believe evidence, reason and compassion to all beings is a necessary step to take for a better world. @CShalendra
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Corey Lee Wrenn

Corey is a sociologist and scholar of social movements and human-nonhuman relations. She is a lecturer in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of […]
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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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Headshots of Raffael Fasel and John Adenitire looking towards the camera.

Sentientist Constitutions?

Sentientists Constitutions - John Adenitire and Raffael Fasel on episode 241 of the Sentientism podcast and YouTube.
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If AIs Are Sentient They Will Know Suffering is Bad – Ronen Bar of The Moral Alignment Center on Sentientism Ep:226

Ronen Bar is the founder of The Moral Alignment Center. A Sentientism conversation about what's real, who matters and how to make a better world.
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“The United Nations has two core defects” – Peace Entrepreneur Anders Reagan – on Sentientism Ep:225

Anders Reagan is a peace entrepreneur, philosopher, academic, and technologist. He is founding director of the Peace and Conflict Science Institute (PACS). A Sentientism Conversation.
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“We’re like babies running around with machine guns” – Mike Berners-Lee – on Sentientism ep:224

Mike Berners-Lee is a professor and fellow of the Institute for Social Futures at Lancaster University. His latest book is A Climate of Truth. A Sentientism conversation.
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