Morality is Hard

In this episode I spoke with Oscar Horta about wild-animal suffering. Oscar is a Spanish animal activist and moral philosopher and is currently a professor in the department of philosophy and anthropology at the University of Santiago de Compostela. He is one of the co-founders of Animal Ethics.

We started by defining the problem of wild-animal suffering, talked about what we should do, if anything, about the problem, covered some common objections, talked about specific interventions to help wild animals and some strategies for advocacy to help wild animals.

Introduction to wild animal suffering: A guide to the issues (e-book)

https://www.animal-ethics.org/introduction-wild-animal-suffering/

Wild animal suffering video course

https://www.animal-ethics.org/wild-animal-suffering-video-course/

Animal Ethics website

https://www.animal-ethics.org/

Oscar Horta's Research Gate profile

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Oscar-Horta

The Honorable Emma Hurst, MLC, was elected to the NSW Legislative Council in 2019, the second member of the Animal Justice Party to be elected to NSW government. She is a registered psychologist and has worked for several animal protection organisations. Since being elected, she has been working on legislation to help animals in NSW. In our chat, we got in to some interesting questions and tricky issues, so I really hope you’ll enjoy the interview.

COI: I am also a member of the Animal Justice Party.

Emma Hurst's Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/EmmaHurstMP/

Emma Hurst's website

https://www.emmahurstmp.com/

Animal Justice Party NSW website

https://nsw.animaljusticeparty.org/

Jacy Reese and I spoke about effective animal advocacy and his new book, The End of Animal Farming.

Jacy is co-founder and Research Director of Sentience Institute, an "effective altruism" think tank researching humanity's moral circle. His new book, The End of Animal Farming, outlines a roadmap for humanity's upcoming transition to an animal-free food system when we will eat real meat, dairy, and eggs without animal slaughter. He has written in outlets such as The Guardian, Vox, and National Review, and presented on these topics in over 20 countries.

Jacy Reese and I spoke about effective animal advocacy and his new book, The End of Animal Farming.

Jacy is co-founder and Research Director of Sentience Institute, an "effective altruism" think tank researching humanity's moral circle. His new book, The End of Animal Farming, outlines a roadmap for humanity's upcoming transition to an animal-free food system when we will eat real meat, dairy, and eggs without animal slaughter. He has written in outlets such as The Guardian, Vox, and National Review, and presented on these topics in over 20 countries.

This episode contains an audio reading of two short stories I wrote over the last few years. Each of them have an animal rights theme, but are in very different settings.

You can find more short stories like this and articles about everything from morality to science on my website at michaeldello.com.

This episode contains an audio reading of two short stories I wrote over the last few years. Each of them have an animal rights theme, but are in very different settings.

You can find more short stories like this and articles about everything from morality to science on my website at michaeldello.com.

Elie Hassenfeld and I spoke about the charity he co-founded with Holden Karnofsky, GiveWell, and how it analyses charities to determine how effective they are at alleviating suffering.

We also spoke about Open Philanthropy Project, a sister organisation of GiveWell, which started with the question of "How can we accomplish as much good as possible with our giving?"

https://www.givewell.org/

https://www.openphilanthropy.org/

Elie Hassenfeld and I spoke about the charity he co-founded with Holden Karnofsky, GiveWell, and how it analyses charities to determine how effective they are at alleviating suffering.

We also spoke about Open Philanthropy Project, a sister organisation of GiveWell, which started with the question of "How can we accomplish as much good as possible with our giving?"

https://www.givewell.org/

https://www.openphilanthropy.org/

Kieran Grieg is a research associate at Animal Charity Evaluators, an organisation dedicated to finding the most effective ways of helping animals.

Kieran and I spoke about the work that ACE is doing, and had a great discussion about a range of issues relating to how we can best help animals, including how to determine the effectiveness of an organisation or intervention, and other related causes, such as wild animal suffering.

www.michaeldello.com/podcast

www.animalcharityevaluators.org

Kieran Grieg is a research associate at Animal Charity Evaluators, an organisation dedicated to finding the most effective ways of helping animals.

Kieran and I spoke about the work that ACE is doing, and had a great discussion about a range of issues relating to how we can best help animals, including how to determine the effectiveness of an organisation or intervention, and other related causes, such as wild animal suffering.

www.michaeldello.com/podcast

www.animalcharityevaluators.org