If phenomenal consciousness is an illusion does that destroy ethics or extend it? A great article by Keith Frankish linking two deep Sentientism themes... philosophy of mind (what is consciousness?) and the extension of moral scope way beyond humanity. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12152-024-09562-5
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The Ethical Implications of Illusionism
Neuroethics - Illusionism is a revisionary view of consciousness, which denies the existence of the phenomenal properties traditionally thought to render experience conscious. The view has...
Looking forward to speaking about the Sentientism worldview at this conference for maybe the most important people 🤩... the teachers helping young people explore, examine and maybe even choose or change worldviews. https://chesterdbe.co.uk/re-conference-2025 #ReTeach #SentientistEducation
Chester Diocesan Board of Education
RE Conference — Chester Diocesan Board of Education
Sentientism
Looking forward to speaking about the Sentientism worldview at this conference for maybe the most important people 🤩... the teachers helping young people explore, examine and maybe even choose or change worldviews. https://chesterdbe.co.uk/re-conference-2025…
Great to see more atheist, humanist, sceptic, secular and freethinking communities breaking the taboo against talking about non-human sentient animal ethics... There's no rational reason to exclude non-human sentient beings from serious moral consideration: https://www.youtube.com/live/WfPeXeqOMG8?si=FvGAOhrpXroerZ3z
YouTube
Veganism | Do No Harm: A Godless Approach to Eating @ObjectivelyDan
Do atheists have a moral obligation to be vegan? ObjectivelyDan joins us to explore the intersection of atheism, ethics, and diet. Can a godless worldview justify eating meat, or does rational ethics demand a plant-based lifestyle? We will challenge assumptions…
Our Sentientism podcast audience is tiny - but you're wonderful people 😍 Thanks for helping us get to 70k downloads by subscribing, rating &sharing! Each nudges the world towards more compassionate, naturalistic thinking 🌎
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Sentientism
Podcast · Jamie Woodhouse · We discuss the biggest questions: "what's real?", "who matters?" and "how to make a better world?" with scientists, celebrities, activists, writers and philosophers. The Sentientism worldview is "evidence, reason and compassion…
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Can you imagine a United Nations that cares about animals and all sentient beings? Sentientity as well as humanity? Sentient rights as well as human rights? Anders Reagan from the PACS Institute joins me for episode 225 of the Sentientism podcast and YouTube. Please share if you like it! https://youtu.be/ze-Dk3Lkh3o
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If AIs Are Sentient They Will Know Animal Suffering is Bad. Ronen Bar of The Moral Alignment Center on Sentientism Ep:226. Find our full conversation on the Sentientism YouTube: https://youtu.be/9hDIQj-i44M or podcast.
"Changed My Mind" is a brand new, hopefully soon to be top tier, podcast that resonates well with the #Sentientism worldview because:
1) It's about changing our minds, in good directions, based on evidence and reasoning
2) Non-human sentient beings are just naturally part of every conversation - because why wouldn't they be?
Go listen, subscribe and share! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/changed-my-mind/id1795894038
1) It's about changing our minds, in good directions, based on evidence and reasoning
2) Non-human sentient beings are just naturally part of every conversation - because why wouldn't they be?
Go listen, subscribe and share! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/changed-my-mind/id1795894038
Apple Podcasts
Changed My Mind
Society & Culture Podcast · Changed My Mind explores a powerful idea: changing your mind isn't a weakness - it's a superpower. Each episode features accomplished thinkers sharing pivotal moments when they changed their mind abou…
When is a fact a fact? https://www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/when-is-a-fact-a-fact
The Philosopher
"When is a Fact a Fact?": A Conversation with Peter Vickers
Is science getting at the truth? Those who spread doubt about science tend to argue that scientists were “sure” in the past, and then they ended up being wrong. This conversation looks to historical investigation and philosophical-sociological analysis to…
Are you following the #Sentientism podcast on Spotify? Have you shared it with all your friends? 🥰 https://open.spotify.com/show/3c9OG5Mwf7PGChWFYBzuQI
Spotify
Sentientism
Podcast · Jamie Woodhouse · We discuss the biggest questions: "what's real?", "who matters?" and "how to make a better world?" with scientists, celebrities, activists, writers and philosophers. The Sentientism worldview is "evidence, reason and compassion…
Should we be more dog? 🐶
Bestselling author and philosopher Mark Rowlands joins me for episode 227 on the Sentientism YouTube and Podcast. Please share far and wide! https://youtu.be/W3mXNaahxRA
Bestselling author and philosopher Mark Rowlands joins me for episode 227 on the Sentientism YouTube and Podcast. Please share far and wide! https://youtu.be/W3mXNaahxRA
YouTube
Should we be more dog? - Philosopher Mark Rowlands - Sentientism 227
Mark Rowlands (https://sentientism.info/sentientist-pledge/mark-rowlands) is a writer and philosopher. He is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy Department at the University of Miami and the author of several books on the philosophy of mind…
"This new subsidiary body is furthermore charged with defending all living [sentient?] creatures present and future who cannot speak for themselves by promoting their legal standing and physical protection." - Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry of the Future. #Sentientism #SciFi
If people are experiencing a "crisis of meaning", can worldviews like @sentientism (evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings) help?
The threats & opportunities of tool AI are driven by the worldviews of their human designers & users.
The threats & opportunities of agentic AI are driven by the AIs’ own worldviews.
Either way, the @sentientism worldview would be radically better than default human worldviews.
The threats & opportunities of agentic AI are driven by the AIs’ own worldviews.
Either way, the @sentientism worldview would be radically better than default human worldviews.
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"What A Fish Knows" and "Super Fly" author & ethologist Jonathan Balcombe, joins me for episode 228 of the #Sentientism podcast and YouTube. Find our full conversation there. Here's a taster clip!
If our worldview hard-codes in even one specific, unchallengeable belief isn’t it, by definition, dogmatic?
Is the Sentientism worldview anti-dogmatic or a dogma?
Is "evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings" so generic it says nothing, or does it drive radical change?
Find out on the Changed My Mind podcast, then maybe change your mind! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/should-you-make-changing-your-mind-your-worldview-with/id1795894038?i=1000705377004
Is "evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings" so generic it says nothing, or does it drive radical change?
Find out on the Changed My Mind podcast, then maybe change your mind! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/should-you-make-changing-your-mind-your-worldview-with/id1795894038?i=1000705377004
Apple Podcasts
Should you make changing your mind your worldview? (with Jamie Woodhouse)
Podcast Episode · Changed My Mind · 17/06/2025 · 54m