January 08, 2021

19: "Diverse sentients could live in mutual symbiosis" - Artist Graham Bessellieu - Sentientist Conversations

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36 minutes

Full show notes at: https://sentientism.info/diverse-sentients-could-live-in-mutual-symbiosis-graham-bessellieu-new-sentientist-conversation. The video is here on the Sentientism YouTube channel.

Graham is an artist, a photographer and a video/audio content producer.

In these Sentientist Conversations, we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?”. Sentientism is “evidence, commitment & compassion for all sentient beings.”

We discuss:

Being raised Christian

Going from a soprano to a bass during a church choir tour

Love and compassion as central to Christian ethics

Eternal torture in hell maybe isn’t ethical – a trigger for re-thinking

Comparative religion, logical contradictions

The weakness of theodicies (explanations for evil)

New Atheism, Dennett, Harris and naturalism

Are most religious people more moral than their religions?

A naturalistic grounding for ethics

Peter Singer’s “Animal Liberation”. Developing ethics through evidence and reason

Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” and factory farming

Earthlings, the documentary

How ethical conviction helped Graham work through the practical and social challenges of giving up animal products

How some of the most fundamental philosophical challenges have the simplest answers, but social norms get in the way

Is animal farming a “necessary evil”?

Our non-human animal friends make a cameo appearance

The amazing ethical gymnastics people do to try and justify continuing to consume animal products (toddler farming anyone?)

Normalising rationality and sentiocentrism. Getting them to be mainstream

Why people should adopt Sentientism quickly while it’s still edgy and cool

Clean meat and plant-based meats

Ending animal farming and exploitation and using sanctuaries as part of transition

Zoonotic disease risks

The common ground, even a political majority, re: ending factory farming: Sentience Politics, Cory Bookers’ farm bill

Extending legal personhood to non-humans

Mitigating wild animal suffering (see Animal Ethics and Wild Animal Initiative orgs)

Difficult problems and uncertain solutions don’t justify excluding sentient beings from moral consideration

Effective Altruism – how to do the most good

David Deutsch & “The Beginning of Infinity”… Getting to better problems

Steven Pinker & “Enlightenment Now”

...and more... Full show notes here

Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” You can find out more at Sentientism.info. Join hundreds of others on our “wall” using this simple form.

Everyone interested, Sentientist or not, is welcome to join our community groups. Our main group is here on FaceBook.

Thanks to Graham Bessellieu for his post-prod work on this video. Follow him at @cgbessellieu.

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January 08, 2021

19: "Diverse sentients could live in mutual symbiosis" - Artist Graham Bessellieu - Sentientist Conversations

Listen Later

36 minutes

Full show notes at: https://sentientism.info/diverse-sentients-could-live-in-mutual-symbiosis-graham-bessellieu-new-sentientist-conversation. The video is here on the Sentientism YouTube channel.

Graham is an artist, a photographer and a video/audio content producer.

In these Sentientist Conversations, we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?”. Sentientism is “evidence, commitment & compassion for all sentient beings.”

We discuss:

Being raised Christian

Going from a soprano to a bass during a church choir tour

Love and compassion as central to Christian ethics

Eternal torture in hell maybe isn’t ethical – a trigger for re-thinking

Comparative religion, logical contradictions

The weakness of theodicies (explanations for evil)

New Atheism, Dennett, Harris and naturalism

Are most religious people more moral than their religions?

A naturalistic grounding for ethics

Peter Singer’s “Animal Liberation”. Developing ethics through evidence and reason

Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” and factory farming

Earthlings, the documentary

How ethical conviction helped Graham work through the practical and social challenges of giving up animal products

How some of the most fundamental philosophical challenges have the simplest answers, but social norms get in the way

Is animal farming a “necessary evil”?

Our non-human animal friends make a cameo appearance

The amazing ethical gymnastics people do to try and justify continuing to consume animal products (toddler farming anyone?)

Normalising rationality and sentiocentrism. Getting them to be mainstream

Why people should adopt Sentientism quickly while it’s still edgy and cool

Clean meat and plant-based meats

Ending animal farming and exploitation and using sanctuaries as part of transition

Zoonotic disease risks

The common ground, even a political majority, re: ending factory farming: Sentience Politics, Cory Bookers’ farm bill

Extending legal personhood to non-humans

Mitigating wild animal suffering (see Animal Ethics and Wild Animal Initiative orgs)

Difficult problems and uncertain solutions don’t justify excluding sentient beings from moral consideration

Effective Altruism – how to do the most good

David Deutsch & “The Beginning of Infinity”… Getting to better problems

Steven Pinker & “Enlightenment Now”

...and more... Full show notes here

Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” You can find out more at Sentientism.info. Join hundreds of others on our “wall” using this simple form.

Everyone interested, Sentientist or not, is welcome to join our community groups. Our main group is here on FaceBook.

Thanks to Graham Bessellieu for his post-prod work on this video. Follow him at @cgbessellieu.

...more

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