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 for all sentient beings." It's a simple, yet radical, philosophy that's grounded in reality (naturalistic epistemology) and has compassion for all sentient beings (mostly human and non-human animals). Naturalism & sentiocentrism combined.
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Jane (https://twitter.com/JVM) is a TV broadcaster, author, journalist & now CEO of the animal rights non-profit Jane Unchained (https://janeunchained.com/). She has written four books, two of which were NY Times bestsellers.
In these Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?” Sentientism is “evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” The video of our conversation is here on the Sentientism YouTube.
We discuss:
– Jane’s career in media & journalism & now running a non-profit
– Countdown to Year Zero & making the world vegan by 2026
– Near death experiences
– Growing up in “showbiz” New York with Puerto Rican/Irish parents
– Jane’s mother gave up meat early
– Thinking the family was vegetarian but eating pescetarian
– Going to different churches as an adventure, but when things got serious, going back to Catholicism
– Dabbling rather than strong religiosity
– “Let your conscience be your guide”
– We all know what’s wrong and right. The role of guilt, shame & remorse
– Recovering from alcoholism. 26 years sober!
– Praying every morning “Turn it over – seek guidance”. Making the bed every day
– “We don’t need to have a definition of a higher power – it’s just not me”
– Ego & self-centredness is the source of so many wrongs
– Societal forces claiming that “some suffering doesn’t count” are behind most evils. Human & animal
– …And much more. Full show notes at Sentientism.info
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Matti (https://www.mattiwilks.com/ and @matti_wilks) is a post-doctoral researcher at Yale University, working with Professor Paul Bloom. She studies moral psychology & moral development – including attitudes to cultivated meat & the “natural”, the moral status of various types of entities …continue
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