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Peter Singer - Consider The Turkey Then Pardon Them All - Sentientism 218

Peter Singer (https://sentientism.info/sentientist-...) is a professor of bioethics with a background in philosophy. He works mostly in practical ethics and is best known for his books "Animal Liberation Now" and "Why Vegan?" and for his writings about global poverty. You can find our first Sentientist conversation here on episode 156:    • "Animal Liberation Now!" - Peter Singer - ...  . Peter's new book, ⁠Consider the Turkey⁠, is available now from Princeton University Press: https://press.princeton.edu/books/har... In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “who matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The audio is on our Podcast: https://apple.co/391khQO & https://open.spotify.com/show/3c9OG5M.... 00:00 Clips! 01:12 Welcome Sentientism merch :) https://www.redbubble.com/people/sent... Sentientist Education progress: https://sentientism.info/sentientism-... 03:45 Touring China "If those of us in the animal movement can't have some influence on China... what we're doing in the West is a sideshow" "China has more farmed animals than any other country in the world and it has really no national animal welfare laws..." "China's meat consumption has been growing enormously since the country became more prosperous... That's something I felt I wanted to try and have an influence on" The difficulty of influencing China from an outside perspective "Try to plant some seeds there... animal ethics... raise some questions about what we're eating..." "Encourage some of the professors... to teach more courses... practical ethics... animal ethics..." Boycotting vs. engaging with autocratic states? "I don't think that [boycotting] is going to lead to any progress... harden attitudes... 'If these westerners don't want to speak to us... we can manage perfectly well on our own'... and they can... It's really important to engage with them." "It's still possible to make a difference by influencing individuals... a lot has happened because some people have moved away from eating animals... helping to put some pressure on the meat industry and on supermarkets" "Professors who have quite a lot of autonomy in what they teach... not complete... but... to put on courses in practical ethics and animal ethics" How are epistemology and ethics different in Chinese culture? "I don't think anybody made a statement that I would regard as faith-based... referring to god or some divine purpose" although Buddhism / daoism "Certainly open to the facts... science of animal sentience... nobody questioned that... nobody questioned evolution..." "Very much like talking to an audience in the west that was university educated where also you don't get very many challenges to a science-based view" Religion and autocracy/authoritarianism as two different sources of dogmatism? "Universities in China now have a school of Marxism... I didn't get the impression... that any of them took Marxism very seriously... it's something that you have to do... learn about the thought of Xi Jinping..." but zero remarks about how that helps them understand the world better Tensions re: practical ethics themes of freedom, liberty and democracy? Visiting the terracotta warriors at Xian. A big sign with the 12 precepts of Communist China "they had democracy and liberty among those... but... if you said there can only be democracy when there's freedom of expression and the government does not control all the media - maybe then you might have got into trouble" "There's plenty of potential for a reduction in the amount of animal products consumed" Common Q&A responses "... agree with my arguments... but it was impossible to be a vegetarian in China..." "Here was I in China... with this companion... who is also vegan... we had no trouble finding vegan food... vegetable dishes... tofu... gluten... you sometimes have to ask [e.g. minced pork mixed into Ma Po tofu]" Social influences "none of my friends are vegetarian..." "Another highlight of the trip was the food... mostly the other professors agreed to be vegan for that meal too." 25:52 Consider the Turkey Follow Peter https://bsky.app/profile/peter-singer... https://www.petersinger.info/ (and you can chat to PeterSinger.AI there) https://boldreasoningwithpetersinger.... Peter's Lives Well Lived podcast with Kasia de Lazari Radek: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast... & much more... see https://sentientism.info/ for full notes. #sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all #sentient beings.” More at https://sentientism.info/. Join our "I'm a Sentientist" wall https://sentientism.info/wall/. Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. E.g.:   / sentientism  .