Imagine we could re-conceive economics to be relevant to all sentient beings: Sentientist Economics?

Are humans the most sentient animal? Without a way to categorize variations in sentience, this question doesn’t make any sense. In this video, I present a paper called The Dimensions of Animal Consciousness, which proposes five possible variations in sentience:…

Ethics based on common sense seems to have a horrible historical track record. Can we do better?

In this episode, I spoke with Jamie Woodhouse of Sentientism. We discussed and fruitfully debated sentience, the difference between vegan and vegetarian, what changes can a person make in their food consumption? Do #ethical food choices/options necessarily…

Freedom of Species conversation about how to handle misinformation, disinformation and conspiracism in the animal advocacy and vegan movements.

Karthik is MD of the Fish Welfare Initiative, India (https://www.fishwelfareinitiative.org/). He has a background in animal welfare & ethical livelihoods. He is a PhD scholar at the National Academy of Legal Studies & Research in India & previously managed…

Constantine (https://sentientism.info/sentientist-pledge/constantine-sandis) is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire, Director of Lex A...

Jordi (https://sentientism.info/sentientist-pledge/jordi-casamitjana) is an ethical vegan, a zoologist and a veganism content writer and consultant. He has b...

Jordi Casamitjana, the author of the book “Ethical Vegan”, discusses 50 different reasons people can choose to adopt the philosophy of veganism for life. We are spoiled for choice.

Macken is a writer & science educator. He hosts a weekly podcast about animals, Species, recommended by both Apple & the BBC’s Wildlife magazine. He is curre...

Slow progress may be better than none at all for animals living in the UK.

Adam (https://sentientism.info/sentientist-pledge/adam-cardilini) is a Lecturer in Env. Sci. at Deakin Uni. He works on questions related to ecology, conserv...

In its 2020 report on Harmony with Nature, the UN Secretary-General stated that a “first step to recognizing the rights of Nature is the recognition that non-human animals are sentient beings”. It is noteworthy that the UN Secretary General did not say that…

Although most animal rights activists identify as atheist or agnostic, the atheist/humanist community has traditionally been unwilling to apply reasoned thou...

A recent paper addresses AI and animal welfare, and proposes ways that we, as a society, could prevent and relieve tremendous amounts of suffering.

Lucas (https://sentientism.info/sentientist-pledge/lucas-spiegel, https://weightofempathy.com/) studied and practiced architecture in the U.S., Canada & Indi...