#SentientRights? https://politicsrights.com/one-rights-integrating-human-and-animal-rights/

"Consider the Turkey" then pardon them all!
Philosopher Peter Singer joins me for the second time on the Sentientism YouTube and Podcast. Find our new episode 218 there and please subscribe and share if you find our conversation valuable.

~99% of sentient beings live free-ranging in the "wild". They matter too - whether or not we know how or whether to protect and help them.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/210-cameron-meyer-shorb-on-dismantling-the-myth-that/id1245002988?i=1000678679910 #wildanimalethics

Focusing on life or ecosystems is more expansive than focusing on sentients.

Yet it risks us losing focus on those beings with interests & experiences. Those beings who can experience benefit & harm.

An ethical flattening that can enable terrible wrongs.

#scifi often gets so close to #Sentientism's "compassion for all sentient beings"... easily and intuitively granting moral consideration to sentients even very different from the protagonists.
But it often fails too (warning: spoiler alert 🚨).
In one famous sci-fi duology a central plot theme is the horrific, dawning realisation that one alien species is farming and slaughtering another.
The cheery resolution is that some members of these two species negotiate a radically new, mutual relationship of x-species respect 💚
But... This joyous new way of life involves both species farming and slaughtering many other species of sentient being. This is OK, and is never even questioned, because those other sentient beings don't have the capacity for language.
So near and yet so far 😢

The “natural” can feel like an attractive moral guide.

However it leads to condemnation of ways of flourishing considered “unnatural”.

And it leads to acceptance of suffering, torture & killing if they’re “natural”.

Instead, let’s consistently consider the sentient other?

Sci-fi and Sentientism. I had the pleasure of talking to Joel McKinnon on his Seldon Crisis podcast. I hope you enjoy! https://www.seldoncrisis.net/beyond-asimovs-humanism-with-jamie-woodhouse/

“A dual indoctrination…”
The legendary Jim Mason joins me on Sentientism Ep:219. Find our full conversation on the #Sentientism YouTube or Podcast and don't forget to subscribe and share! Here's a clip.

Happy New Year!

Join our FREE "Teaching the Sentientism Worldview" webinar for the Spring term on Jan 23rd. Come join us whether you're a teacher or are just interested in finding out more about Sentientism. Please share it around too - all welcome! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/teaching-the-sentientism-worldview-tickets-1091088498069

This was fun - and mind-bending... https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/jamie-woodhouse-live/id1479327497?i=1000683028457

Still time to grab the last few (FREE!) tickets for our webinar on Thursday 23rd Jan. Perfect for those who want to learn about Sentientism and particularly for those who want to teach it. If you can't make it why not share with a teacher friend? https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1091088498069

"The Truth About The Wood Wide Web And Can Plants Feel Pain?"
Forest ecologist Justine Karst joins me for #Sentientism episode 220 on podcast and YouTube. Find our full conversation there (don't forget to subscribe and share) and here's a clip!

We've just published an audio remastered version of a classic #Sentientism episode #144 with the awesome cosmologist Katie Mack - also known as @astrokatie. If you missed it - great chance to catch it now. If you've already listened - listen afresh!

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-do-you-find-meaning-in-a-universe-thats-doomed/id1540408008?i=1000599225233
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/740DbZ2mFjFuqPqATfGZQN
YouTube (not remastered, but...): https://youtu.be/yTp83-OrDhU

250,000 views on our little Sentientism YouTube channel! Thank you for all your support and sharing - nudging the world towards "evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings".

"There is no 'us and them'" - We've just published a remastered audio of our 2021 Sentientism episode 51 with Yasmine Mohammed. Here's a chance to catch it or to listen again.

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/there-is-no-us-and-them-yasmine-mohammed-ex-muslim/id1540408008?i=1000519724160
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0m5vzpUYSCRdvyOoWuotk2?si=dffbaf86aff94661
YouTube: https://youtu.be/OFOoTD23z7A

Eden and heaven are both visions of vegan worlds.
Matthew C. Halteman, author of Hungry Beautiful Animals, joins me for episode 221 on the Sentientism YouTube and Podcast. Please share it if you like it! Here's a little clip to tempt you: https://youtube.com/shorts/QZe6QHgJe8U?si=dQ_KVr6NNWLElMzU

Full podcast / YouTube links and show-notes are here - you can sign up for email updates too! https://sentientism.info/a-joyful-journey-towards-an-edenic-vision-matthew-halteman-on-sentientism-ep221

It’s not enough (and not fast enough) for individuals to adopt the #Sentientism worldview’s “evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings”.

We need Sentientist social norms and institutions too.

"We don't have to wait for a Star Trek future"
New, remastered-audio version of classic #Sentientism #podcast episode 55 with the wonderful Christopher Sebastian 🤩 just published! Catch it if you missed it or listen again. Apple here but it's on all the platforms: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-dont-have-to-wait-until-the-24th-century-for-a/id1540408008?i=1000522145574