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Empathy Unbound: Embrace Your SuperpowerExploring Sentience, AI Ethics, and a Just Future with Jeff SeboExploring Sentience, AI Ethics, and a Just Future with Jeff SeboIn this episode of Empathy Unbound, the host converses with Jeff Sebo, a prominent philosopher specializing in animal and AI ethics. Jeff's extensive work revolves around creating a just future for all sentient beings. The discussion covers the nuances of sentience, the moral responsibilities towards AI, and the interconnection between human actions, animal welfare, and environmental health. Jeff also shares insights into the moral complexities of AI development and the need for thoughtful ethical considerations in AI and urban planning. The episode...
2025-12-1658 min
The Animal Liberation HourEpisode 58 - Jeff SeboOn this episode, our guest is author, philosopher, and animal activist Jeff Sebo. Jeff is an associate professor of environmental studies and an affiliated professor of bioethics, medical ethics, philosophy, and law at New York University. He is the author of two books, "Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves" (2022) and "The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why" (2025). This conversation covers human exceptionalism, why we must give moral consideration to insects and bugs, and much more. Visit www.JeffSebo.netAAC Linktree (follow us, donate, bookshop, merch sto...
2025-11-241h 03
Am I?The Coming AI Moral Crisis | Am I? | Ep. 14In this episode of Am I?, Cam and Milo sit down with Jeff Sebo, philosopher at NYU and director of the Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy, to explore what might be the next great moral dilemma of our time: how to care for conscious AI.Sebo, one of the leading thinkers at the intersection of animal ethics and artificial intelligence, argues that even if there’s only a small chance that AI systems will become sentient in the near future, that chance is non-negligible. If we ignore it, we could be repeating the moral failures of factory farming — but...
2025-11-0651 min
Latest 100 | LSE Public lectures and events | All media typesHow AI is helping - and harming - animalsContributor(s): Professor Kristin Andrews, Dr Leonie Bossert, Jane Lawton, Dr Jeff Sebo | Learn more about the Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience, a new LSE initiative committed to making sure technological change works for - rather than against - the interests of other species.
Would you trust a device that claimed to translate your dog or cat's emotions into English? Would you be OK with completely automated, human-free farming? What if you had a driverless car that was indifferent to hitting birds and foxes?
AI is transforming the lives of animals at speed, but these huge impacts are going...
2025-09-301h 23
EAG TalksThe Moral Circle: insects, AI systems, and other beings who might matter | Jeff Sebo | EAG Bay Area 2025Watch on YouTubeWhich nonhumans matter, how much do they matter, and what do we owe them in a world reshaped by human activity? In this talk, Jeff Sebo argues that humanity should include all potentially significant beings in our moral community, with transformative implications for our lives and societies. He then examines a variety of questions that humanity will confront regarding creation ethics and population ethics. For example, should we accept the “rebugnant conclusion” that large groups of small beings matter more than small groups of large beings? Either way, what follows for our policies and prio...
2025-09-0244 min
Eleos AITaking AI Welfare SeriouslyRead the paper here and a summary hereAuthors: Robert Long and Jeff Sebo (lead), with Patrick Butlin, Kathleen Finlinson, Kyle Fish, Jacqueline Harding, Jacob Pfau, Toni Sims, Jonathan Birch, and David ChalmersAbstractIn this report, we argue that there is a realistic possibility that some AI systems will be conscious and/or robustly agentic in the near future. That means that the prospect of AI welfare and moral patienthood — of AI systems with their own interests and moral significance — is no longer an issue only for sci-fi or the distant future. It i...
2025-09-012h 20
The Noelle EffectRethinking Consciousness: AI, Empathy and Ethics - Jeff SeboDoes AI – deserve rights?In this provocative conversation, philosopher and NYU professor Jeff Sebo challenges everything we think we know about moral status, consciousness, and ethical boundaries.🎯 Topics:– Moral value of AI, animals and ecosystems– Empathy overload & ethical risk– Why our legal system is already outdated– Consciousness, rights & responsibility🔎 Based on his new book The Moral Circle, and the now open-access classic Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves🎧 Full video episode on YouTube (@thenoelleeffect)
2025-08-1850 min
Exploring Machine ConsciousnessJeff Sebo: AI Sentience, Welfare and Moral StatusIn this episode, we spoke to Jeff Sebo of New York University. Jeff is the author of the recently published book The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters and Why. In it, he challenges us to expand our moral concern beyond the boundaries of species and substrate. He has also co-authored a number of papers arguing that AI welfare is an issue that needs to be taken seriously today. Links:The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters and Why. Book.Jeff Sebo personal website.Moral consideration for AI systems by 2030. (Paper).Is th...
2025-07-1445 min
SentientismHow wide should "The Moral Circle" go? - Jeff Sebo - Sentientism 229Jeff Sebo is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy, and Law, Director of the Center for Environmental and Animal Protection, Director of the Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy, and Co-Director of the Wild Animal Welfare Program at New York University. He is also a Faculty Fellow at the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy & Land Use Law at the NYU School of Law and an Advisor at the Animals in Context series at NYU Press. Jeff's research focuses on moral philosophy, legal philosophy, and philosophy of mind; animal minds, ethics, and policy; AI minds, ethic...
2025-06-221h 25
80,000 Hours PodcastBeyond human minds: The bewildering frontier of consciousness in insects, AI, and moreWhat if there’s something it’s like to be a shrimp — or a chatbot?For centuries, humans have debated the nature of consciousness, often placing ourselves at the very top. But what about the minds of others — both the animals we share this planet with and the artificial intelligences we’re creating?We’ve pulled together clips from past conversations with researchers and philosophers who’ve spent years trying to make sense of animal consciousness, artificial sentience, and moral consideration under deep uncertainty.Links to learn more and full transcript: https://80k.info/nhs
2025-05-233h 34
Future of Life Institute PodcastWill Future AIs Be Conscious? (with Jeff Sebo)On this episode, Jeff Sebo joins me to discuss artificial consciousness, substrate-independence, possible tensions between AI risk and AI consciousness, the relationship between consciousness and cognitive complexity, and how intuitive versus intellectual approaches guide our understanding of these topics. We also discuss AI companions, AI rights, and how we might measure consciousness effectively. You can follow Jeff’s work here: https://jeffsebo.net/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 Preview and intro 00:02:56 Imagining artificial consciousness 00:07:51 Substrate-independence? 00:11:26 Are we making progress? 00:18:03 Intuitions about explanations 00:24:43 AI risk and AI consciousness 00:40...
2025-05-161h 34
A Song Called LifeEpisode #231: Jeff SeboIn Episode #231, philosopher and animal rights activist Dr. Jeff Sebo joins Osi to discuss why we need to expand our moral circle. Are humans truly more important than all other beings? Who deserves moral consideration—and what qualifies a being to "matter"? Jeff and Osi dig into these questions and challenge the way we think about ethics, responsibility, and the future.Jeff Sebo works primarily on moral philosophy, legal philosophy, and philosophy of mind; animal minds, ethics, and policy; AI minds, ethics, and policy; global health and climate ethics and policy; and global priorities re...
2025-05-0159 min
New Books in Intellectual HistoryJeff Sebo, "The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why" (Norton, 2025)Today, human exceptionalism is the norm. Despite occasional nods to animal welfare, we prioritize humanity, often neglecting the welfare of a vast number of beings. As a result, we use hundreds of billions of vertebrates and trillions of invertebrates every year for a variety of purposes, often unnecessarily. We also plan to use animals, AI systems, and other nonhumans at even higher levels in the future. Yet as the dominant species, humanity has a responsibility to ask: Which nonhumans matter, how much do they matter, and what do we owe them in a world reshaped by human activity and...
2025-04-291h 04
New Books in Human RightsJeff Sebo, "The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why" (Norton, 2025)Today, human exceptionalism is the norm. Despite occasional nods to animal welfare, we prioritize humanity, often neglecting the welfare of a vast number of beings. As a result, we use hundreds of billions of vertebrates and trillions of invertebrates every year for a variety of purposes, often unnecessarily. We also plan to use animals, AI systems, and other nonhumans at even higher levels in the future. Yet as the dominant species, humanity has a responsibility to ask: Which nonhumans matter, how much do they matter, and what do we owe them in a world reshaped by human activity and...
2025-04-271h 02
New Books in LawJeff Sebo, "The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why" (Norton, 2025)Today, human exceptionalism is the norm. Despite occasional nods to animal welfare, we prioritize humanity, often neglecting the welfare of a vast number of beings. As a result, we use hundreds of billions of vertebrates and trillions of invertebrates every year for a variety of purposes, often unnecessarily. We also plan to use animals, AI systems, and other nonhumans at even higher levels in the future. Yet as the dominant species, humanity has a responsibility to ask: Which nonhumans matter, how much do they matter, and what do we owe them in a world reshaped by human activity and...
2025-04-271h 04
New Books in Animal StudiesJeff Sebo, "The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why" (Norton, 2025)Today, human exceptionalism is the norm. Despite occasional nods to animal welfare, we prioritize humanity, often neglecting the welfare of a vast number of beings. As a result, we use hundreds of billions of vertebrates and trillions of invertebrates every year for a variety of purposes, often unnecessarily. We also plan to use animals, AI systems, and other nonhumans at even higher levels in the future. Yet as the dominant species, humanity has a responsibility to ask: Which nonhumans matter, how much do they matter, and what do we owe them in a world reshaped by human activity and...
2025-04-261h 02
NYUAD InstituteThe Future of AI Ethics: A Cross-Disciplinary DiscussionThis panel discussion will consider how ethical decisions will be influenced in the future by the many applications of Artificial Intelligence. An ethicist and philosopher, an engineer who will design intelligent robots, and a computer scientist whose goal will be to make "responsible AI" synonymous with "AI" will each present a view of future AI ethics and then discuss how their views will diverge. While each participant will be a specialist conducting research into AI ethics, this discussion will bring together scientific, technical, and humanistic issues under the broad category of responsibility.
Panel Members
Ludovic Righetti, Electrical and Computer Engineer...
2025-04-251h 13
80,000 Hours PodcastSerendipity, weird bets, & cold emails that actually work: Career advice from 16 former guestsHow do you navigate a career path when the future of work is uncertain? How important is mentorship versus immediate impact? Is it better to focus on your strengths or on the world’s most pressing problems? Should you specialise deeply or develop a unique combination of skills?From embracing failure to finding unlikely allies, we bring you 16 diverse perspectives from past guests who’ve found unconventional paths to impact and helped others do the same.Links to learn more and full transcript.Chapters:Cold open (00:00:00)Luisa's intro (00:01:04)Holden Karnofsky on just kick...
2025-04-242h 18
EconTalkDo All Creatures, Great and Small, and Made From Silicon, Have Rights? (with Jeff Sebo)Should monkeys have the same rights as humans? What about elephants, ants, or invertebrates? NYU philosopher Jeff Sebo makes the case for expanding your moral circle to many more beings than you might expect, including those based on silicon chips. Listen as Sebo and EconTalk's Russ Roberts discuss to whom and what we owe moral consideration, how we determine a being's intrinsic moral significance, and why we have ethical obligations to others, anyway. They also discuss human exceptionalism--the idea that humans should be prioritized over other beings.
2025-03-311h 16
The Jim Rutt ShowEP 291 Jeff Sebo on Who Matters, What Matters, and WhyJim talks with Jeff Sebo about the ideas in his book The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why. They discuss the concept of the moral circle, harming cats vs harming cars, the case study of Happy the elephant, Descartes' view of animals, phenomenal consciousness, Thomas Nagel's bat argument, the Google engineer who claimed LaMDA was conscious, the substrate dependence of consciousness, a factory waste disposal dilemma, animal rescue triage scenarios, probability calculations in moral consideration, the "one in a thousand" threshold, computational constraints in moral calculations, human exceptionalism & its limitations, fully automated luxury communism & rewilding Earth, responsibilities to wi...
2025-03-131h 23
The Michael Shermer ShowWho Counts? Ethics in the Treatment of Animals and AIMichael Shermer and Jeff Sebo explore moral philosophy, focusing on animal rights, sentience, and consciousness. They discuss the definitions of morality, ethical pluralism, and the divide between consequentialism and deontology. The conversation examines who belongs in our moral circle, the ethics of insect farming, the future of animal agriculture, abortion, and whether advanced AI could be considered sentient beings or even co-citizens.
2025-03-081h 27
Brain in a VatThe Moral Circle: Are AI and Animals Included? | Jeff SeboWho should be included in our 'moral circle' when we make our moral decisions? Jeff discusses the ethical responsibilities we might have towards non-human beings, such as Neanderthals, AIs, or even figments of our imagination. The conversation critically examines issues related to animal welfare, the complexities of population ethics, and the potential future implications of artificial intelligences with possible sentience.[00:00] Introduction and Guest Welcome[03:13] Neanderthal and Robot Roommates[04:48] Figment of Imagination: A Third Roommate[12:21] Ethical Decision Making Under Uncertainty[17:35] Chatbots and Moral Considerations[24:39] Factory...
2025-02-241h 12
CogNationExpanding our Moral Circle with Philosopher Jeff SeboRolf and Joe talk to NYU philosopher Jeff Sebo about his new book "The Moral Circle", which makes the case for expanding our circle of who is deserving of ethical consideration to nonhuman animals, insects, plants, and AI systems.
2025-02-201h 18
Species UniteJeff Sebo: The Moral Circle "It is a little bit terrifying, because it means that AI systems are going to be entering this uncanny valley where we are not sure how to experience them in five or ten years. You might be talking to Siri on your phone, or ChatGPT on your laptop, or your Roomba, vacuuming your floor. You might be talking to these beings and genuinely be unsure whether they think and feel things when they talk back to you, and that is going to be an uncomfortable place to be." Jeff Sebo Jeff Sebo works primarily on m...
2025-02-1946 min
The Next Big IdeaDoes AI Have Rights? | The Next Big Idea DailyPhilosopher Jeff Sebo calls for a revolution in ethics, suggesting we expand our “moral circle” to everything from insects to AI.📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen📩 Want to transform your day in just 10 minutes? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter, and you’ll get daily, bite‑sized insights from the best new nonfiction books — in audio or text — straight from the authors. Sign up today!
2025-02-1015 min
The Next Big Idea DailyDoes AI Have Rights?Philosopher Jeff Sebo calls for a revolution in ethics, suggesting we expand our “moral circle” to everything from insects to AI.📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-02-1017 min
The Animal TurnS7E9: Dogs’ Health with Jessica PierceIn this episode Jessica Pierce joins Claudia to explicitly discuss dogs’ health. They discuss everything from end-of-life care for dogs, to breeding practices, and discourses about dogs’ purpose in society. They unfurl some of the overlapping and similar health needs of street- versus pet-dogs and surmise that in general dogs are facing a range of both physical and psychological challenges. Date Recorded: 2 September 2024. Jessica Pierce is an American bioethicist known for her work in the field of animal ethics and the philosophy of human-animal relationships. She has written a number of books...
2025-02-101h 20
Better KnownJeff SeboJeff Sebo discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.
Jeff Sebo is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy, and Law, Director of the Center for Environmental and Animal Protection, Director of the Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy, and Co-Director of the Wild Animal Welfare Program at New York University. His research focuses on animal minds, ethics, and policy; AI minds, ethics, and policy; and global health and climate ethics and policy. He is the author of The Moral Circle and Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves and co-author of...
2025-02-0230 min
Vegan's AlmanacNovember 20, 2024Live Q&A: How Vegans Can Improve Relationships and Communication During the Holidays, with Melanie Joy; Towards a Global Ban on Industrial Animal Agriculture, with Jeff Sebo; The New-England Boy’s Song about Thanksgiving Day, by Lydia Maria Child.
2024-11-2005 min
Ethics TalkAuthor Interview: "How Should Treatment of Animals Beyond the Lab Factor Into Institutional Review?" Laurie Sellars joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Jeff Sebo: "How Should Treatment of Animals Beyond the Lab Factor Into Institutional Review?" Recorded June 28, 2024. Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org
2024-09-1506 minEthics TalkAuthor Interview: "How Should Treatment of Animals Beyond the Lab Factor Into Institutional Review?" Laurie Sellars joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Jeff Sebo: "How Should Treatment of Animals Beyond the Lab Factor Into Institutional Review?" Recorded June 28, 2024. Read the full article for free at JournalOfEthics.org
2024-09-1506 min
The Human PodcastAsking Philosopher Jeff Sebo Why AI & Animals MatterWATCH NOW: https://youtu.be/3gFVIaLb6HIIn this episode, I speak to Philosopher Jeff Sebo about his thoughts on Artificial Intelligence, animals and minds, in addition to his life and career.Jeff is an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy, and Law, Director of the Center for Environmental and Animal Protection, Director of the Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy, and Co-Director of the Wild Animal Welfare Program at New York University.The Human Podcast is a filmed show that explores unique life stories & careers. Subscribe...
2024-09-1348 min
The Animal HighlightS3E2: Flying FoxesIn this episode Amanda Bunten-Walberg tells Claudia all about bats, animals who have historically been persecuted as threats to biosecurity. Hoping to challenge this reductive way of understanding bats, Amanda talks about flying foxes, large fruit bats, noting how incredibly social and relatable they are. This content was originally aired in Season 5 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: Bioethics with Jeff Sebo on The Animal Turn.Shimmer: Flying Fox Exuberance in Worlds of Peril by Deborah Bird Rose Bat by Tessa Laird. Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, producer and host...
2024-07-0912 min
EA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular)“Announcing The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why” by jeffsebo Hi all, just a short post to let you know that my next book, The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why, is now available for preorder! This is the publisher's description: "Today, human exceptionalism is the norm. Despite occasional nods to animal welfare, we focus on humanity, often neglecting the welfare of a vast number of beings. In The Moral Circle, philosopher Jeff Sebo challenges us to include all potentially significant beings in our moral community, with transformative implications for our lives and societies. As the dominant species, humanity must ask: which nonhumans matter, how...
2024-06-3001 minEA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular)“Announcing The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why” by jeffsebo Hi all, just a short post to let you know that my next book, The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why, is now available for preorder! This is the publisher's description: "Today, human exceptionalism is the norm. Despite occasional nods to animal welfare, we focus on humanity, often neglecting the welfare of a vast number of beings. In The Moral Circle, philosopher Jeff Sebo challenges us to include all potentially significant beings in our moral community, with transformative implications for our lives and societies. As the dominant species, humanity must ask: which nonhumans matter, how...
2024-06-3001 minEA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular)“Announcing The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why” by jeffsebo Hi all, just a short post to let you know that my next book, The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why, is now available for preorder! This is the publisher's description: "Today, human exceptionalism is the norm. Despite occasional nods to animal welfare, we focus on humanity, often neglecting the welfare of a vast number of beings. In The Moral Circle, philosopher Jeff Sebo challenges us to include all potentially significant beings in our moral community, with transformative implications for our lives and societies. As the dominant species, humanity must ask: which nonhumans matter, how...
2024-06-3001 minEAG TalksWelfare and moral patienthood | Jeff Sebo, Daniela Waldhorn, & Patrick Butlin | EAG London: 2024This panel brings together three leading researchers to discuss their work on welfare and moral patienthood in non-human minds. The panel focuses on two especially challenging cases: invertebrates and digital minds. Jeff Sebo (NYU) begins with a discussion of ethical and methodological considerations related to extending moral considerability to invertebrates and AI systems; Daniela Waldhorn (Rethink Priorities) discusses the current state of evidence regarding consciousness and sentience in invertebrates; and Patrick Butlin (Oxford) discusses what is currently known about the prospects for artificial sentience in digital systems.
Jeff Sebo is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics...
2024-06-2254 min
Foresight Institute RadioJeff Sebo | Investigating Digital MindsJeff Sebo is an American philosopher. He is a clinical associate professor of environmental studies, director of the animal studies MA program, and affiliated professor of bioethics, medical ethics, and philosophy at New York University.SummaryIn this episode, Jeff discusses the consciousness, sentience, agency, and moral and legal status of non-humans – particularly invertebrates and AI systems. He acknowledges the controversy surrounding AI systems' future consciousness and rights, and emphasizes the importance of acknowledging the difficulty of the problem.About Foresight InstituteForesight Institute is a research organization and non...
2024-04-1255 min
Clearer Thinking with Spencer GreenbergShould we widen our moral circles to include animals, insects, and AIs? (with Jeff Sebo) Read the full transcript here. How did we end up with factory farming? How many animals do we kill every year in factory farms? When we consider the rights of non-human living things, we tend to focus mainly on the animal kingdom, and in particular on relatively larger, more complex animals; but to what extent should insects, plants, fungi, and even single-celled organisms deserve our moral consideration? Do we know anything about what it's like (or not) to be an AI? To what extent is the perception of time linked to the speed at which one's brain...
2024-03-211h 13
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2024-02-201h 46
The Sentience Institute PodcastEric Schwitzgebel on user perception of the moral status of AI“I call this the emotional alignment design policy. So the idea is that corporations, if they create sentient machines, should create them so that it's obvious to users that they're sentient. And so they evoke appropriate emotional reactions to sentient users. So you don't create a sentient machine and then put it in a bland box that no one will have emotional reactions to. And conversely, don't create a non sentient machine that people will attach to so much and think it's sentient that they'd be willing to make excessive sacrifices for this thing that isn't really sentient.”Eric...
2024-02-1557 min
80k After HoursHighlights: #173 – Jeff Sebo on digital minds, and how to avoid sleepwalking into a major moral catastropheThis is a selection of highlights from episode #173 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:Jeff Sebo on digital minds, and how to avoid sleepwalking into a major moral catastropheAnd if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know by emailing podcast@80000hours.org.Highlights put together by Simon Monsour, Milo McGuire, and Dominic Armstrong
2023-12-1431 min
How I Learned to Love ShrimpStien Van Der Ploeg on finding the most effective animal charitiesStien is the executive director of Animal Charity Evaluators, also known as ACE. Stien, wants to help people help animals and ACE tries to do that by finding and promoting the most effective ways to help animals.In this episode we speak with Stien Van Der Ploeg who is their fairly newly appointed executive director. We talk through the latest release of the recommendations for this year and go into some detail on why certain charities and their interventions were selected. We talk about why their work is so important, the difficulties in the recommendation process and...
2023-11-301h 14
80,000 Hours Podcast#173 – Jeff Sebo on digital minds, and how to avoid sleepwalking into a major moral catastrophe"We do have a tendency to anthropomorphise nonhumans — which means attributing human characteristics to them, even when they lack those characteristics. But we also have a tendency towards anthropodenial — which involves denying that nonhumans have human characteristics, even when they have them. And those tendencies are both strong, and they can both be triggered by different types of systems. So which one is stronger, which one is more probable, is again going to be contextual. "But when we then consider that we, right now, are building societies and governments and economies that depend on the objectification, exploitation, and...
2023-11-222h 38
Sentientism178: "A commitment to solidarity and a stubborn commitment to hope" - Defending Animals Author - Kendra Coulter - SentientismKendra is a professor at Huron University and a fellow of the OxfordCentre for Animal Ethics. She is a leading expert on animals and work, animal protection organizations and policy, and gender equity. Kendra has led multiple research projects enriching our understanding of human-animal work and animals’ own forms of labour in important new directions including through development of the concepts of humane jobs, interspecies solidarity, and ecosocial reproduction.
Kendra's latest book is Defending Animals: Finding Hope on the Front Lines of Animal Protection. She is the author of dozens of scholarly articles, book chapters, and public re...
2023-11-161h 04
Bio(un)ethical#6 Jeff Sebo: Why we’re wrong about who mattersIn this episode, we speak with Dr. Jeff Sebo, a philosopher and bioethicist at New York University, about what it would mean to take seriously the possibility that non-human animals (including insects) and future AI systems might matter morally.(00:00) Our introduction(05:56) Interview begins(07:21) The moral circle vs. the legal and political circles(13:18) Why has the moral circle expanded over time?(20:53) How should we trade off human and non-human welfare in practice?(33:40) How should we treat non-human animals in research?(37:25) How should we treat current AI systems, given that we’re not ce...
2023-10-311h 25
The Animal TurnNews: The Animal Turn Shortlisted in the International Women's Podcasting AwardsThe Animal Turn has been shortlisted in two categories of the upcoming International Women's Awards to be held on the 6th of November 2023. You can hear the nominated clips in this episode. The Animal Turn was shortlisted in "Moment of Insight from a Role Model" for the conversation between Jeff Sebo and Claudia Hirtenfelder about the im/possibility of change in human-animal relations. It was also shortlisted in "Changing the World One Moment at a Time" for the conversation with Yamini Narayanan in which he outlines how devastating sacralisation is for women, children, and animals...
2023-10-2025 min
AI-Curious with Jeff WilserMoral Implications of AI Consciousness, w Philosopher Jeff SeboIf AI becomes sentient, what are the moral, ethical, and legal implications? This is a tricky question with many, many, *many* follow-up questions. So here to help is philosopher Jeff Sebo -- a professor at New York University; the Director of the Mind, Ethics, and Policy Program; and the author of the book "Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves." In this sprawling conversation, we cover the ethics of AI from a ton of different angles: What can we learn about consciousness from the study of animals, and how does that apply to AI? (4:00); How can we discern AI...
2023-09-281h 01Bio(un)ethical#2 Govind Persad: How (not) to allocate resources during a pandemicIn this episode, we interview Dr. Govind Persad, an expert on resource allocation whose work influenced COVID-19 allocation policies, about how we should allocate scarce medical resources, what stood in the way of optimal allocation during the covid pandemic, and how we can improve resource allocation within the US healthcare system. (00:00) Our Introduction(04:05) Interview begins(12:06) What is a “framework” for allocating health resources?(14:20) What normative assumptions are baked into allocation frameworks?(19:36) What principles are included in allocation frameworks?(20:24) Overview of first two principles: Maximizing benefits and favoring the worst off(26:11) Overview of se...
2023-09-051h 19
EA TalksJeff Sebo | Artificial Sentience and the Ethics of Connected Minds | Global Priorities Institute 2022You can watch this talk with the video on the GPI YouTube channel. This presentation was given at the 10th Oxford Workshop on Global Priorities Research, June 2022.The full transcript is available here: https://globalprioritiesinstitute.org...Find out more about the Global Priorities Institute: https://globalprioritiesinstitute.org/Effective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video...
2023-05-0535 min
LSE IQ | Intelligent questions with social science answersWhat’s it like to be an animal?This month we’re re-running an episode from 2021 which asks, ‘What’s it like to be an animal?’ Since this episode was recorded the UK Animal Welfare Act 2022 has become law. This extends animal welfare protections to animals such as octopuses, lobsters and crabs - a direct result of the findings of LSE academic Dr Jonathan Birch – featured in this episode - that animals are sentient. They have the capacity to experience pain, distress or harm.
For this episode, James Rattee travels to the local park to find out how smart dogs are, he’ll hear about a campaign arguing that chimpan...
2023-05-0230 minLSE PodcastsWhat’s it like to be an animal?This month we’re re-running an episode from 2021 which asks, ‘What’s it like to be an animal?’ Since this episode was recorded the UK Animal Welfare Act 2022 has become law. This extends animal welfare protections to animals such as octopuses, lobsters and crabs - a direct result of the findings of LSE academic Dr Jonathan Birch – featured in this episode - that animals are sentient. They have the capacity to experience pain, distress or harm.
For this episode, James Rattee travels to the local park to find out how smart dogs are, he’ll hear about a campaign arguing that chimpan...
2023-05-0230 min
LSE IQWhat is it like to be an animal?Contributor(s): Dr Jonathan Birch, Professor Kristin Andrews, Dr Rosalind Arden | Since this episode was recorded the UK Animal Welfare Act 2022 has become law. This extends animal welfare protections to animals such as octopuses, lobsters and crabs - a direct result of the findings of LSE academic Dr Jonathan Birch – featured in this episode - that animals are sentient. They have the capacity to experience pain, distress or harm.For this episode, James Rattee travels to the local park to find out how smart dogs are, he’ll hear about a campaign arguing that chimpanzees are animals deserving of their own...
2023-05-0230 minLSE IQ podcastWhat is it like to be an animal?Contributor(s): Dr Jonathan Birch, Professor Kristin Andrews, Dr Rosalind Arden | Since this episode was recorded the UK Animal Welfare Act 2022 has become law. This extends animal welfare protections to animals such as octopuses, lobsters and crabs - a direct result of the findings of LSE academic Dr Jonathan Birch – featured in this episode - that animals are sentient. They have the capacity to experience pain, distress or harm.For this episode, James Rattee travels to the local park to find out how smart dogs are, he’ll hear about a campaign arguing that chimpanzees are animals deserving of their own...
2023-05-0230 min
Ethics TalkAuthor Interview: "How Should We Improve How Medical and Veterinary Students Learn About Human and Nonhuman Animals?" Dr Jeff Sebo joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Zoe Griffiths: "How Should We Improve How Medical and Veterinary Students Learn About Human and Nonhuman Animals?" Recorded Feb 1, 2023. Read the full article at JournalOfEthics.org
2023-04-0105 min
Knowing AnimalsEpisode 210: Saving Animals (and Ourselves) with Jeff SeboDr Jeff Sebo is a Clinical Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at New York University, where he is also an affiliated professor in Bioethics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy, and Law, as well as the director of the Animal Studies MA Program and the Mind, Ethics, and Policy Program. He's also co-director of the university's Wild Animal Welfare Program. He sits on the executive committee of the New York University Center for Environmental and Animal Protection, and is part of the advisory board for the Animals in Context book series at New York University Press. He is also the author or...
2023-02-0638 min
GES Center Lectures, NC State UniversityKaren Maschke on "Chimeric Research"Nonhuman Animals Containing Human Cells: Ethics and Oversight
Karen Maschke, PhD, Research Scholar at The Hastings Center
Website | Twitter @hastingscenter
This presentation focuses on ethical and oversight issues as they relate to the insertion of human cells into nonhuman animals, e.g., “chimeric research.”
Abstract
Research involving the insertion of human cells into nonhuman animals at various stage of development – referred to here as chimeric research – has helped scientists learn how human cells behave in a living environment. Advances in human stem cell science and gene editing are enabling scientists to more exten...
2023-01-3156 min
The Animal TurnS5E2: Bioethics with Jeff SeboIn this episode Claudia talks to Jeff Sebo about bioethics and how it straddles both health and environmental ethics. They touch on some of the grounding principles of bioethics and how these principles frequently neglect to account for animals. They further discuss why a consideration of animals is necessary to achieve health and environmental justice. Date Recorded: 16 August 2022 Jeff Sebo is Clinical Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy, and Law, Director of the Animal Studies M.A. Program, Director of the Mi...
2022-10-241h 15
DialexiconAnimal Rights and Ethics with Professor Jeff SeboShould you be vegan? Are animals included in our moral circle, and should they be included?
Our latest episode features Professor Jeff Sebo, who is a Clinical Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and an Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy, and Law at New York University. In this episode, Saurish and Professor Sebo explore central questions around animal ethics.
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2022-09-2848 min
Grab The Vivid Full Audiobook Now, Busy Professionals!Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and other Catastrophes by Jeff SeboPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588066to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and other Catastrophes
Author: Jeff Sebo
Narrator: Andrew J. Andersen
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 13 minutes
Release date: June 21, 2022
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
In 2020, COVID-19, the Australia bushfires, and other global threats served as vivid reminders that human and nonhuman fates are increasingly linked. Human use of nonhuman animals contributes to pandemics, climate change, and other global threats which, in turn, contribute to biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and nonhuman suffering. Jeff Sebo argues that humans have a...
2022-06-219h 13Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureSaving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and other Catastrophes by Jeff SeboPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588066to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and other Catastrophes
Author: Jeff Sebo
Narrator: Andrew J. Andersen
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 13 minutes
Release date: June 21, 2022
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
In 2020, COVID-19, the Australia bushfires, and other global threats served as vivid reminders that human and nonhuman fates are increasingly linked. Human use of nonhuman animals contributes to pandemics, climate change, and other global threats which, in turn, contribute to biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and nonhuman suffering. Jeff Sebo argues that humans have a...
2022-06-219h 13
Living PhilosophyAnimal Crisis with Alice Crary & Lori GruenWhat if the key to respecting and appreciating non-human animals resided in understanding our human selves better? Thinking about animals and our relation to them might then involve trying to grasp the ways in which our current social, economic, and moral systems skew our perceptions and practices. Prof. Alice Crary (The New School for Social Research) and Prof. Lori Gruen (Wesleyan University) delve into the fundamental questions and problems that can help us better understand the crisis affecting animals and how we might then seek resolution through a considered form of resistance....
2022-05-1258 min
From the Square: An NYU Press PodcastJeff Sebo, "Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes" (Oxford UP, 2022)In 2020, COVID-19, the Australia bushfires, and other global threats served as vivid reminders that human and nonhuman fates are increasingly linked. Human use of nonhuman animals contributes to pandemics, climate change, and other global threats which, in turn, contribute to biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and nonhuman suffering. Jeff Sebo argues that humans have a moral responsibility to include animals in global health and environmental policy. In particular, we should reduce our use of animals as part of our pandemic and climate change mitigation efforts and increase our support for animals as part of our adaptation efforts. Applying and extending...
2022-04-1839 min
New Books in Environmental StudiesJeff Sebo, "Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes" (Oxford UP, 2022)In 2020, COVID-19, the Australia bushfires, and other global threats served as vivid reminders that human and nonhuman fates are increasingly linked. Human use of nonhuman animals contributes to pandemics, climate change, and other global threats which, in turn, contribute to biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and nonhuman suffering. Jeff Sebo argues that humans have a moral responsibility to include animals in global health and environmental policy. In particular, we should reduce our use of animals as part of our pandemic and climate change mitigation efforts and increase our support for animals as part of our adaptation efforts. Applying and extending...
2022-04-1840 min
In Conversation: An OUP PodcastJeff Sebo, "Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes" (Oxford UP, 2022)In 2020, COVID-19, the Australia bushfires, and other global threats served as vivid reminders that human and nonhuman fates are increasingly linked. Human use of nonhuman animals contributes to pandemics, climate change, and other global threats which, in turn, contribute to biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and nonhuman suffering. Jeff Sebo argues that humans have a moral responsibility to include animals in global health and environmental policy. In particular, we should reduce our use of animals as part of our pandemic and climate change mitigation efforts and increase our support for animals as part of our adaptation efforts. Applying and extending frameworks...
2022-04-1840 min
New Books in MedicineJeff Sebo, "Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes" (Oxford UP, 2022)In 2020, COVID-19, the Australia bushfires, and other global threats served as vivid reminders that human and nonhuman fates are increasingly linked. Human use of nonhuman animals contributes to pandemics, climate change, and other global threats which, in turn, contribute to biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and nonhuman suffering. Jeff Sebo argues that humans have a moral responsibility to include animals in global health and environmental policy. In particular, we should reduce our use of animals as part of our pandemic and climate change mitigation efforts and increase our support for animals as part of our adaptation efforts. Applying and extending...
2022-04-1840 min
New Books in Biology and EvolutionJeff Sebo, "Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes" (Oxford UP, 2022)In 2020, COVID-19, the Australia bushfires, and other global threats served as vivid reminders that human and nonhuman fates are increasingly linked. Human use of nonhuman animals contributes to pandemics, climate change, and other global threats which, in turn, contribute to biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and nonhuman suffering. Jeff Sebo argues that humans have a moral responsibility to include animals in global health and environmental policy. In particular, we should reduce our use of animals as part of our pandemic and climate change mitigation efforts and increase our support for animals as part of our adaptation efforts. Applying and extending...
2022-04-1839 min
New Books in Public PolicyJeff Sebo, "Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes" (Oxford UP, 2022)In 2020, COVID-19, the Australia bushfires, and other global threats served as vivid reminders that human and nonhuman fates are increasingly linked. Human use of nonhuman animals contributes to pandemics, climate change, and other global threats which, in turn, contribute to biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and nonhuman suffering. Jeff Sebo argues that humans have a moral responsibility to include animals in global health and environmental policy. In particular, we should reduce our use of animals as part of our pandemic and climate change mitigation efforts and increase our support for animals as part of our adaptation efforts. Applying and extending frameworks...
2022-04-1840 min
New Books in ScienceJeff Sebo, "Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes" (Oxford UP, 2022)In 2020, COVID-19, the Australia bushfires, and other global threats served as vivid reminders that human and nonhuman fates are increasingly linked. Human use of nonhuman animals contributes to pandemics, climate change, and other global threats which, in turn, contribute to biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and nonhuman suffering. Jeff Sebo argues that humans have a moral responsibility to include animals in global health and environmental policy. In particular, we should reduce our use of animals as part of our pandemic and climate change mitigation efforts and increase our support for animals as part of our adaptation efforts. Applying and extending...
2022-04-1839 minNew Books in Animal StudiesJeff Sebo, "Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes" (Oxford UP, 2022)In 2020, COVID-19, the Australia bushfires, and other global threats served as vivid reminders that human and nonhuman fates are increasingly linked. Human use of nonhuman animals contributes to pandemics, climate change, and other global threats which, in turn, contribute to biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and nonhuman suffering. Jeff Sebo argues that humans have a moral responsibility to include animals in global health and environmental policy. In particular, we should reduce our use of animals as part of our pandemic and climate change mitigation efforts and increase our support for animals as part of our adaptation efforts. Applying and extending...
2022-04-1839 min
New Books In Public HealthJeff Sebo, "Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes" (Oxford UP, 2022)In 2020, COVID-19, the Australia bushfires, and other global threats served as vivid reminders that human and nonhuman fates are increasingly linked. Human use of nonhuman animals contributes to pandemics, climate change, and other global threats which, in turn, contribute to biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and nonhuman suffering. Jeff Sebo argues that humans have a moral responsibility to include animals in global health and environmental policy. In particular, we should reduce our use of animals as part of our pandemic and climate change mitigation efforts and increase our support for animals as part of our adaptation efforts. Applying and extending...
2022-04-1839 min
Storytelling AnimalsSaving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Jeff Sebo on Pandemics, Climate Change, and Animal RightsI talk with philosopher Jeff Sebo about his new book Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes. We discuss both moral and pragmatic reasons to care about other animals, then get into how we could include their interests in public health and environmental decision-making. Later, we explore tough questions like how to act when we are not sure about the consequences, whether insects are conscious, and how to include nonhumans in the democratic process.Also, a brief word on methane and nitrous oxide (both of which are emitted by...
2022-03-151h 07
Brain in a VatShould we save animals? | Jeffrey SeboShould we sacrifice our time and convenience to save animals? Jeff Sebo argues we must, but more than that, it's in our self-interest to do so.
Jeff's book: https://www.amazon.com/Saving-Animals-Ourselves-Pandemics-Catastrophes-ebook/dp/B09RKHL8QB
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2022-03-0657 min
Sentient: The Podcast023 Jenny Splitter: Unlocking Curiosity & The Culture of AgricultureAward-winning journalist Jenny Splitter shares her experiences with us. Her work covers food, agriculture, science, climate and health for outlets including Vox, The Observer, The Guardian, Everyday Health, The Washington Post and New York Magazine.Watch the interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4GpfPIoHqcU-4TgyBtX2zLy0YZOBZrsw Additional Links: FutureFeed Newsletter: https://futurefeed.substack.com/?r=426r3https://www.jennysplitter.comhttps://twitter.com/jennysplitterhttps://www.instagram.com/jennysplitter/Articles we discussed: https://www.theguardian.com/us-n...
2022-03-031h 04
Embrace The VoidEV - 232 Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves with Jeff SeboMy guest this week is Jeff Sebo (@jeffrsebo), director of the NYU animal studies MA program and author of Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves. We discuss his new book, what sort of progress non-human animal ethics is making and what it means for the rolling crises of COVID and climate change.Jeff's website: https://jeffsebo.net/Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/saving-animals-saving-ourselves-9780190861018?cc=us&lang=en&Convocation: Jeff SeboMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support...
2022-03-031h 02
Embrace The VoidEV - 231 Questioning The Placebo Effect with Mike HallMy guest this week is Mike Hall (@mikehall314), co-host of Skeptics with a K and one of the directors of the UK skeptic magazine. We discuss common misconceptions about the placebo effect, the possibility that it's just an artifact of flawed science, and the implications for things like alternative medicine.Skeptics with a K: http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/category/podcast/skeptics-with-a-k/Convocation: Bruce LiptonMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you enjoy...
2022-02-241h 02
Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement | Stories from the Frontlines of Animal LiberationSaving Animals, Saving Ourselves w/ Jeff SeboOn this week’s podcast, we are joined by Jeff Sebo, who is the director of New York University’s Animal Studies M.A. Program, to discuss his brand new book, Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes. Jeff apparently can see into the future, since he began writing this incredibly prescient book in 2017—three years before the world plunged into COVID-19. We discuss why pandemic and climate change preparedness has been so inadequate and why governments even now are slashing pandemic preparedness budgets, despite what we have been through the past two yea...
2022-01-291h 22LSE PodcastsWhat is it like to be an animal?Welcome back to a new season of LSE IQ, where we work with academics to bring you their latest research and ideas.
In this episode, I’ll be asking What is it like to be an animal? We’ll travel to the local park to find out how smart dogs are, we’ll hear about a campaign arguing that chimpanzees are animals deserving of their own rights and, finally, we’ll ask whether insects and other invertebrates have feelings.
This episode features Jonathan Birch, Associate Professor in LSE's Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, Professor Kristin Andrews, the York Research...
2021-12-0729 minLSE IQ | Intelligent questions with social science answersWhat is it like to be an animal?Welcome back to a new season of LSE IQ, where we work with academics to bring you their latest research and ideas.
In this episode, I’ll be asking What is it like to be an animal? We’ll travel to the local park to find out how smart dogs are, we’ll hear about a campaign arguing that chimpanzees are animals deserving of their own rights and, finally, we’ll ask whether insects and other invertebrates have feelings.
This episode features Jonathan Birch, Associate Professor in LSE's Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, Professor Kristin Andrews, the York Research...
2021-12-0729 min
Sentient: The Podcast004 ARTICLE READING: Stop Treating Animals as “Invaders” for Simply Trying to Exist by Marina Bolotnikova and Jeff SeboEarlier this month, officials in Australia announced plans to shoot and kill thousands of camels. What did the camels do to deserve this punishment? They were looking for water to drink, and this search brought them into human communities.Last year, U.S. federal and state governments spent tens of millions of dollars on plans to “eradicate” bands of feral pigs. What did the pigs do to deserve this punishment? They were looking for food to eat, and this search, once again, brought them into human communities.This year, Denver is poised to kill more of i...
2021-03-0809 min
Thinking Out Loud: leading philosophers discuss topical global issuesHow to prevent future pandemicsKatrien Devolder and Jeff Sebo on factory farms as breeding grounds for pandemics Covid-19 is very likely a zoonotic disease, which means that it was transmitted from animals to humans. Other dangerous infectious diseases, such as SARS, MERS, Ebola and HIV originated in animals too. In fact, of all emerging infectious diseases in humans, 75% are zoonotic. In this new interview series, Katrien Devolder interviews philosophers and other experts to explore how we might prevent future pandemics. In this episode, Jeff Sebo, Professor of Environmental Studies at NYU, talks about factory farms as breeding grounds for pandemics, and why, if we...
2021-02-1714 min
Ewig Gestern – Podcast über Retrospiele und PopkulturThemes like Yesterday Teil 5 (Folge 33)3 Typen. 3 Tracks. Und das ganze 3 Mal. Ihr wisst wie es läuft ...
Ewig Gestern
ein Podcast von und mit den Retroboys.
Sprecher
Markus Wegl, Tobias Penne, Felipe Vila
Introsprecher
Hans-Georg Panczak (Ja, der.)
Intromelodie
Markus Wegl, Felipe Vila
Grafik
Tobias Penne
Titel in Runde 1
Boulder Dash (Peter Liepa) // C64
Ghouls ’n Ghosts (Tim Follin) // Amiga
Tekken 3 (Nobuyoshi Sano) // Playstation
Titel in Runde 2
Apidya (Chris Hülsbeck) // Amiga
Tiny Barbarian DX (Jeff Ball) // Switch The Last of Us...
2021-01-291h 44
Sentientism26: “Change is possible but hard” – Jeff Sebo – Author, Activist, Philosopher – Sentientist ConversationJeff Sebo is Clinical Assoc. Prof. of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, & Philosophy, & Director of the Animal Studies M.A. Program at New York University. He is on the executive committee at the NYU Center for Environmental & Animal Protection & the advisory board for the Animals in Context series at NYU Press. He is a board member at Animal Charity Evaluators, a board member at Minding Animals International, an Exec. Cttee. member at the Animals & Society Institute, and a Senior Fellow at Sentient Media.
Full show notes are here https://sentientism.info/change-is-possible-but-hard-jeff-sebo-author-activist-academic-new-sentientist-conversation
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2021-01-2757 min
Embrace The VoidEV - 163 Animal Consciousness with Jeff SeboMy guest this week is Jeff Sebo (@jeffrsebo) director of the NYU animal studies MA program and author of Chimpanzee rights and Food, Animals, and the Environment. We discuss animal consciousness and the implications for animal ethics.Invocation: The AarononomiconJeff's website: https://jeffsebo.net/Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.htmlMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you enjoy...
2020-10-231h 06
Embrace The VoidEV - 162 CRT Diversity Training with Casey Petersen pt.2My guest this week is Casey Petersen (@CaseyAPetersen), a research and development electrical engineer at Sandia National Labs who took issue with the diversity and racial awareness training at the National Labs. We discuss his video challenging Critical Race Theory and its use in diversity training and school curriculums. (NOTE: This discussion happened prior to the release of Breonna Taylor's grand jury testimonies)Casey's Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyNW9nlFDBkStudy on bias perpetuation through AI lending: https://news.berkeley.edu/story_jump/mortgage-algorithms-perpetuate-racial-bias-in-lending-study-finds/Brookings Age Racial Disparities in Covid...
2020-10-151h 11
Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement | Stories from the Frontlines of Animal LiberationJeff Sebo on Centering Animals in Climate Change PoliciesThis week Mariann interviews Jeff Sebo about how our environmental choices and the way we think and talk about animals continue to have significant effects on climate change and biodiversity. Jeff tells us why it’s so important to center animals in discussions of climate change policies and what a world reshaped by climate change might look like. He also shares some updates on the work of the Animal Studies program at NYU, now in its tenth year! Jeff Sebo is Clinical Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, and Philosophy, and Director of...
2020-04-041h 06
Algocracy and Transhumanism Podcast70 – Ethics in the time of Corona
Like almost everyone else, I have been obsessing over the novel coronavirus pandemic for the past few months. Given the dramatic escalation in the pandemic in the past week, and the tricky ethical questions it raises for everyone, I thought it was about time to do an episode about it. So I reached out to people on Twitter and Jeff Sebo kindly volunteered himself to join me for a conversation. Jeff is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, and Philosophy, and Director of the Animal Studies M.A. Program at...
2020-03-1700 minAlgocracy and the Transhumanist Project70 – Ethics in the time of Corona
Like almost everyone else, I have been obsessing over the novel coronavirus pandemic for the past few months. Given the dramatic escalation in the pandemic in the past week, and the tricky ethical questions it raises for everyone, I thought it was about time to do an episode about it. So I reached out to people on Twitter and Jeff Sebo kindly volunteered himself to join me for a conversation. Jeff is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, and Philosophy, and Director of the Animal Studies M.A. Program at...
2020-03-1700 min
Algocracy and Transhumanism Podcast70 – Ethics in the time of Corona
Like almost everyone else, I have been obsessing over the novel coronavirus pandemic for the past few months. Given the dramatic escalation in the pandemic in the past week, and the tricky ethical questions it raises for everyone, I thought it was about time to do an episode about it. So I reached out to people on Twitter and Jeff Sebo kindly volunteered himself to join me for a conversation. Jeff is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, and Philosophy, and Director of the Animal Studies M.A. Program at...
2020-03-1700 min
For Food's SakeFFS 043 - Bodies on the Line2019 was the year of climate strikes. Animal rights activists, emboldened by a new wave of mass civil disobedience, are determined to end industrial animal agriculture. Millions of ordinary people took to the streets in 2019. They put their bodies on the line, engaging in mass civil disobedience to demand climate action. In an era where food is produced in factory farms with an immeasurable scale of suffering and destruction, what role should animal rights activists play in the transition towards a just food system? In this episode, we talk with Jeff Sebo (New York...
2020-01-2640 min
EA TalksEAG London 2019: A utilitarian case for animal rights (Jess Sebo)Utilitarianism, which holds that we ought to maximize well-being, is thought to conflict with animal rights because it does not regard activities such as the exploitation of domesticated animals and extermination of wild animals as, in principle, morally wrong. Jeff Sebo, a clinical assistant professor at New York University, argues that this conflict is overstated. When we account for indirect effects, such as the role that policies play in shaping moral attitudes and behaviour, we can see that utilitarianism may converge with animal rights significantly, even if not entirely.This talk was filmed at EA Global 2019: London...
2020-01-1625 min
Hi-Phi NationUncivil DisobedienceIn Australia, vegan and animal liberation activism has recently become intense and disruptive, invading farms, restaurants, and city centers. They’re doing everything from rescuing animals to blocking traffic, and occupying steakhouses. Some argue that these new activists are needlessly victimizing innocent farmers, business owners, and consumers. Others argue that the activists are only doing what’s necessary to stand up for the innocent victims of farmers, business owners, and consumers.
For any cause, when change does not seem to happen, or happen quickly enough, movements can turn to more confrontational styles of protests, or “...
2019-05-2548 min
Hi-Phi Nation PlusUncivil DisobedienceIn Australia, vegan and animal liberation activism has recently become intense and disruptive, invading farms, restaurants, and city centers. They’re doing everything from rescuing animals to blocking traffic, and occupying steakhouses. Some argue that these new activists are needlessly victimizing innocent farmers, business owners, and consumers. Others argue that the activists are only doing what’s necessary to stand up for the innocent victims of farmers, business owners, and consumers. For any cause, when change does not seem to happen, or happen quickly enough, movements can turn to more confrontational styles of protests, or “uncivil disobedience.” Is this m...
2019-05-2546 minAlgocracy and Transhumanism PodcastEpisode #54 – Sebo on the Moral Problem of Other Minds
In this episode I talk to Jeff Sebo. Jeff is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, and Philosophy, and Director of the Animal Studies M.A. Program at New York University. Jeff’s research focuses on bioethics, animal ethics, and environmental ethics. He has two co-authored books Chimpanzee Rights and Food, Animals, and the Environment. We talk about something Jeff calls the ‘moral problem of other minds’, which is roughly the problem of what we should to if we aren’t sure whether another being is sentient or not.
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2019-02-2800 min