Find our first Sentientism conversation here on the Sentientism YouTube and here on the Sentientism podcast. Find our second Sentientism conversation, along with Raffael Fasel, on the Sentientism YouTube here and on the Sentientism podcast here.

John is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law and a Co-Director of the Forum on Decentering the Human at Queen Mary University London. Prior to joining Queen Mary, he was a Lecturer in Law at the University of Birmingham. He completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law and Fitzwilliam College. He has taught or researched at Cambridge, Durham, Birmingham, the UCL Constitution Unit, the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and the UK Commission on a Bill of Rights. He has been a research visitor at Yale, Oxford, NYU, Fordham, and Chicago. John’s research is primarily focused on Public Law, Legal Theory, and Comparative Constitutional Law, with distinct specialisations in conscientious exemptions and including non-human animals in constitutional law.

Among many other publications he is the author, along with Raffael Fasel, of “Animals and the Constitution: Towards Sentience-Based Constitutionalism.”

Although he started out as a Sunday School teacher in Nigeria, John now has a non-religious, naturalistic worldview and is a trustee of Humanists UK. He is also a vocal advocate for veganism (because of his sentiocentric moral scope) and salsa dancing.

John at Queen Mary Uni of London
@JohnAdenitire

All of us & this planet.
@runsthruit

I think the world would be a better place if we all championed animals and their sentience.
VeganCollective on FaceBook

Animals. Health. Planet. Humanity. Future.
@OrangeHealia

Marc is a biologist, ethologist, behavioural ecologist and writer. He is Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the co-founder, with Jane Goodall, of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and a former Guggenheim fellow. He lectures internationally on animal behavior, cognitive ethology (the study of animal minds), and behavioral ecology, and writes a science column about animal emotion for Psychology Today. He is an advocate for the compassionate conservation movement that aims to improve environmentalism by embedding a moral concern for individual sentient animals. In 1986 Marc won the Master’s age-graded Tour de France. Marc is a vegan and has a naturalistic worldview.

Marc’s #SentientistConversation on the Sentientism YouTube Channel and Podcast.
Marc on Wikipedia
marcbekoff.com
@MarcBekoff

There is no justice for nonhuman animals in a system that ignores Sentientism. I am a Sentientist because all suffering, including all nonhuman animal suffering, deserves moral consideration.
@JulieTaylorfai1

I am a Sentientist because of an inner strong compulsion to express my real human nature. The one that acknowledges that we are not the pinnacle of this planet. We are not superior by any means. We are just a part of life’s web. And we have the potential to shift from being destructors and conquerors to being nurturers and regenerators. To respect and care for all sentient beings including our own kind.
@Evangel76283187

“One of the things I am most certain of in life is that what is truly valuable from a moral perspective is flourishing and the absence of suffering for all creatures who can experience.”
@lced_Teas

Sentientism for justice and equality.
@MelloDinossauro

Zion is an author and activist known for her environmental work and science communication. She is UK director of Environmental Progress. She has been a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion (XR) UK on TV and radio, and founded and edited XR’s Hourglass newspaper. She has written for The Huffington Post, authored the evidence-based nonfiction book The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting, and given a TEDx talk. She is vegan and has a naturalistic worldview.
Zion on our SentientistConversations YouTube series and Sentientism Podcast – “Do you want a habitable planet for your children?”
Zion on Wikipedia
zionlights.co.uk
@ziontree

@haadalee

If there is one sentence that could sum up all i am and all i believe it would be ‘respect all and every life, it is the bare minimum, the baseline, the place to start’
@LeomantVictoria

Alleviating suffering and pain wherever it exists is the most compelling foundation for morality on offer.
@derekwclark

Compassion and reason the cornerstones of a peaceful and progressive society, and I personally wouldn’t mind calling myself a sentientist. However, as a person who dabbles with faith and faith traditions, I have to respect the beliefs of many, which cannot always be backed by reason. As long as people find their peace. 🙂
Urmi’s Centre for Interfaith Peace and Dialogue on Facebook
@URM1

I have a strong view that humans should look out for other creatures that share our planet.
@sapnaramnani

Because and effect!
David on FaceBook
@daftguru

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@sarah_boka

I like to think I spend my time on this planet developing – my intellect, my reason, my compassion. It takes discipline of thought and love to rise above our basic instincts, and I am happy and willing and loving enough to work towards that discipline for the sake of my fellow sentient beings.
Amanda on Wikipedia
@popcornjotter

Because it’s sensical.
@Allison23829042

Jay is an award winning filmmaker, writer, and podcaster. He directed Islam and the Future of Tolerance, a film based around a conversation between Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz. He produces and creates a wide range of content, writes on his “What Jay Thinks” blog & hosts the Dilemma podcast (some co-hosted with Coleman Hughes). I had the pleasure of being his guest for a Dilemma Hangout on Sentientism back in 2020.

Jay has a naturalistic worldview. He is vegan and has a sentiocentric moral scope.

Find our Sentientist Conversation here on the Sentientism YouTube and here on the Sentientism Podcast.

whatjaythinks.com
Jay on IMDB
@DilemmaPodcast

We’ve been brainwashed to believe competition is the essence of life. It isn’t. There is competition. But cooperation is more common, more vital, more quintessential to life.
John’s “Who are you?” blog
John’s Amazon Author Page