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Sentientism with Peter Singer - Ep #156 - A bit of an introduction

Sentientism from guest view and his stories growing up...

https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=1Q6NCSFYtb09m21s

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NOTES / QUOTES
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@09.21
But then I asked him (brother was a Rabbi) does he really believe in God, in the Jewish conception of the word God. And he said, "Well, when I say God, I mean, whatever it is in the universe that is a force for good"
And I said maybe that means "Some human beings, not all of them."
And he said "Maybe that is what it means."

@13.10
Voluntary assisted dying - choose when to die, especially if ill or quality of life is so bad and not much chance of changing- to choose when to die.

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TRANSCRIPT (FROM VIDEO PAGE)

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00:00 Welcome
- Animal Liberation Now! - why now?
- Sentientism's links to ancient themes of naturalistic, sentiocentric thought & Peter's work
- Sentientism's 1) naturalism, 2) sentiocentrism & ethical pluralism, 3) implications of not needlessly harming or killing
- "What needlessly killing amounts to... is a question... that could have a lot of discussion"
- "In terms of what really matters in itself I agree that Sentientism is the right view"
- The challenges of the words speciesism & sentientism - too many syllables!
- Peter's entry on our "I'm a Sentientist" wall: sentientism.info/we-are-sentientists

06:12 What's Real?
- Non-religious Jewish parents "they came to Australia as refugees from the Nazis, leaving Austria"
- Mother "a fervent agnostic... there isn't reason to believe in a god or a supernatural being or life after death"
- "In some parts of the US it's almost necessary to belong to a religion to have a community"
- Rabbi cousin in Mobile, Alabama "When I say god I mean whatever it is in the universe that is a force for good... (e.g. some human beings)"
- "I kind of thought of them as fairy stories"
- Childhood meeting with Catholic kids "don't ask him any more questions - he'll only blacken his soul & go to hell... I wasn't in the least frightened"
- Good aspects of religions: "they tend to promote charity to the poor" (zakat, tithing)
- Negative aspects of religions: Religious wars & "very often a conservative force against what I see as progressive reforms"
- "If there were no religious teachings against #abortion I don't think the US would be divided over the issue"
- Voluntary assisted dying "fortunately that legislation is spreading"
- Why religious organisations get social licence to continue #sexism , #homophobia , #transphobia
- "[Religious] teachings about sex which have been a very negative influence... making people feel guilty"
- "The highest rate of unwanted teenage pregnancies in the US is precisely in the most religious parts"... rejecting contraception ("that would be sinful" - sex outside of marriage), getting pregnant, then facing abortion prohibitions
- #Descartes was a sentiocentrist (but thought only "ensouled" humans can suffer). That's why you need naturalism too!
- "I think consequences matter" #consequentialism & #utilitarianism
- "Perhaps you want to embrace people who are religious & who are sympathetic towards animals & bring them towards #sentientism ?" The work of Andrew Linzey, Charles Camosy, David Clough
- Previous guest Lisa Kemmerer: • "Compassion is a boundless capacity" ...
- #Sentiocentrism vs. #Sentientism as #Anthropocentrism vs. #Humanism
- "I totally agree with you about the value of evidence & reason"... #effectivealtruism
- Religious effective altruists use evidence & reasoning but "would leave evidence & reason at the door for some of their specifically religious beliefs"

26:25 What Matters?
38:58 Who Matters?
01:10:05 How Can We Make A Better Future?

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