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Victoria

Although I gave up meat many years ago it was relatively recently that I learned more about the exploitation and cruelty in the agricultural industry, that meant dairy cows as […]
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Dre

I believe that if you can feel than you should be free from harm inflicted by people. @dre4earth
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Steven Peters

Evidence and reason shows what’s real. What matters most is reducing and preventing suffering through compassion for fellow sentient beings.
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Sabine Brels

“For me the question is not ‘why care for non-human animals?’ but ‘why not care for them?’ From a Sentientist viewpoint, I think that caring for animals is the only […]
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Beril

All beings want to live. @berilsirmacek berilsirmacek.com
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Seth Lee

Through a synergy of studying Marxism-Leninism and Secular Buddhism, I became interested in maintaining a meaningful worldview consistent with Buddhist compassion and Marxist dialectical materialism. After reading Althusser’s arguments for […]
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Hunter Rothman

Suffering is suffering is suffering. Whether human or other sentient being.
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Barış Bayram

Because I’m both (ethical) vegan, and (secular) humanist. 🙂 @BarisBayram2045
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Aditya SK

Aditya is the wild animal suffering outreach coordinator for Animal Ethics. He works in grass-roots animal activism with a variety of organisations. He is studying Animal Protection Law at the National […]
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Jenny Splitter

Find Jenny’s Sentientist Conversation with me here on the Sentientism YouTube and Sentientism Podcast. Jenny also interviewed me (Jamie Woodhouse) here for her SubStack podcast. Jenny is Managing Editor of […]
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Jane Velez-Mitchell

Jane is a TV broadcaster, author, journalist & now CEO of the animal rights non-profit Jane Unchained. For six years she hosted her own show on CNN Headline News. She has written […]
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Cebuan Bliss

Cebuan (Cebby) is a PhD candidate researching animal and biodiversity governance at Radboud University in the Netherlands. Find Cebuan’s Sentientist Conversation with me here on YouTube and on the Sentientism […]
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Melissa Ratisher

Every sentient being values their life as I do mine, and I view it as a moral imperative for us to see and respect this similarity. @DJMissBlueSky
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Jacy Reese Anthis

Jacy is a social scientist and co-founder of the Sentience Institute. His acclaimed book, The End of Animal Farming, analyses the development & popularisation of food technologies such as plant-based […]
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Ibraheem

Why cruelty?
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Elhussein Ali

Because I think so hard that the sentientism is the best option for us, mean all sentient beings, This is for short. Hessenprime on FaceBook
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Alex Hedtke

Everyone should be judged not by the circumstances of their birth, but by the pattern of their mind. Anything that can experience, that can suffer, has moral weight to its […]
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Kyle Johannsen

Kyle is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Queen’s University. His research is in social & political philosophy & in animal & environmental ethics. He teaches normative […]
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NEO 10Y

I believe in non-violence (ahimsa) as a key philosophy and the shortcut to world peace. I am a sentientist because I have compassion for all beings and do not exploit […]
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Olenka Graham Castaneda

Because treat others the way you want to be treated. @appa4ever
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Andrew Fenton

I am an associate professor of Philosophy at Dalhousie University (Andrew at Dalhousie). My areas of specialization are in animal (bio)ethics, naturalized epistemology, neuroethics, and the philosophy of animal behaviour […]
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Sydney Fox

All is one and all beings deserve the freedom to flourish.
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Malola

If our ability to suffer doesn’t count for anything, then we could cause the greatest pain/suffering and yet not be held accountable. What decent morality maximizes suffering? Malola on GoodReads
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Amy Halpern-Laff

Amy co-directs the Ethics in Education Network which supports progressive, secular ethics at the core of K-12 education. She also co-hosts the Ethical Schools podcast. Beyond the EIEN Amuy educates […]
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Bindu Joopally

Because all sentient beings are the same in our will to live, and our ability to suffer. @bindu832
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Marcus Daniell

Marcus is a professional tennis player. He is a philanthropist and an advocate for effective altruism through his work as the founder of High Impact Athletes and as a member of Giving What We Can. He […]
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Louis Gough

Although sceptical about the capacities of human reason – and the notion of “reason” itself – it appears evident that, alongside humans, nonhuman animals are sentient. Based on this belief, […]
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Joey Tuminello

“I’m concerned with oppression in all its forms.” Joey is assistant professor of philosophy at McNeese State University & programme coordinator for the nonprofits Farm Forward & Better Food Foundation (See also the Default […]
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Joseph Richardson

I’m a sentientist as excluding anyone’s suffering from moral consideration will always be arbitrary. Hence, the interests of all sentient beings deserve equal consideration. @JosephLabour
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North Hunter

As someone who is personally against bigotry, speciesism seems like a combination of racism, sexism, and ableism combined. I see no reason why someone that has the mental capabilities of […]
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Kristof Dhont

Kristof Dhont is a social psychologist & senior lecturer at the university of Kent where he runs SHARKLab (Study of Human InterGroup & Animal Relations​). He is the author of “Why We Love […]
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David C McLean

See the famous Bentham quote. What matters is can they feel. @DavidCMcLean1
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John

Ethical reason, cannot justify speciesism.
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Kolja Danowski

Because the needs of sentient beings, their freedom and the continued existence of sentient life are the are the only aspects one can build a reasonable framework of ethics upon.
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“Your Neighbour Kills Puppies” – Tom Harris – Activist, Artist & Author – Sentientism Ep:190

Tom is an artist, published author, and social justice activist. He is an expert and consultant on animal liberation history and strategy, and the global animal rights movement. His first book, Your Neighbour Kills Puppies was released in March 2024. A Sentientism conversation.
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“If you combine rationality and compassion you have the essence” – Jonathan Leighton of OPIS – Sentientism Ep:185

Jonathan is Executive Director of OPIS (Organisation for the Prevention of Intense Suffering). A Sentientism conversation about "what's real?" "who matters?" and "how can we make a better world?"
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Don’t underestimate your influence! – Chris Bryant of Bryant Research – Sentientism Ep:183

Chris Bryant is Director of Bryant Research and the Head of Policy at the Alternative Proteins Association. A Sentientism conversation about what's real, who matters and how to make a better world.
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Waking Cosmos – are sentient beings the universe waking up?

I had the pleasure of being Adrian David Nelson's guest on his Waking Cosmos podcast a while back. Our conversation is now the latest episode (#182) of our Sentientism podcast as a bonus.
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