The status quo holds that a homo sapiens shouldn't be killed/executed even for committing ten sets of mass murders, but that a pig can be killed because someone wants a nice snack. Is this momentous pedestal we set ourselves on really sustainable? #humanrights #animalrights
It's live and taking off! Is the manosphere making men incapable of love? New episode of Surprising Ethics! Listen hereeee linktr.ee/surprisinget...
Come on @theguardian.com. Most of this reads like a fossil fuel lobby press release. Is it? #climate
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"philosophy house" 😆
The UK kills 1 billion chickens a year for meat. Only for meat. Every year. Only the UK. One billion. Jesus.
Jesus Christ
This is exactly what I thought - until I inched past total incompetence. And no, skiing is not exactly expensive if you're in Québec www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trifan argues kids above 10ish should have the vote if they can pass a competence test. We had a great chat - do tune in! linktr.ee/surprisinget... #politicaltheory
Just looks like he's doing very well for himself
My Centre is a unique place to do a PhD in Philosophy, because you can be in constant contact with experts in veterinary medicine, psychology, zoology and policy and be part of a team united by a shared interest in animal minds. We now have our 1st ever PhD scholarship: www.lse.ac.uk/sentience/phd
My latest episode! Such a stimulating conversation with Rachel Fredericks and Jeremy Fischer. Their paper is quite something.
New episode! What should parents feed their kids? Meat or plant-based?
We use ethics, science and psychology to tackle this big one, and put 2 philosophers' arguments to the test with parents
The very real trials and tribulations of living in Canada as a Brit.
Amazing
"Our milk"? Really? Surely it's either the cow's milk or the calf's milk? Especially as removing the calf is the first step in taking and selling the #milk...
This seemingly really cool project has a postdoc on emotions and grievance politics: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQD118/r... #academia
The #newyearsresolutions episode of my podcast discusses how focusing on process over outcome can be more fulfilling and whether resolutions are a good idea in a culture of hyper-productivity. Let me know what you think! linktr.ee/surprisinget...
Why not sterilise?
New episode: the philosophy of new year's resolutions! On how we can set better #newyearsresolutions by focusing on process not achievements. And on Bertrand Russell's call to focus on leisure and escape our ideology of overwork. linktr.ee/surprisinget...
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Trump: #Greenland is essential to our national security. I'd imagine Greenland finds Greenland pretty much essential for their national security too.
Back to pens and paper in the exam hall? (For most students). Universities must grip cheating and defend education: their founding purpose.
Surely we cannot allow university degrees to be undermined by corporate interests, whether AI-based or otherwise www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Isn't it more effective to provide arguments and supportive motivation? If we want to maximise the number of vegans?
I stopped using Times New Roman *precisely* because it doesn't look professional - not in this century...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
The EU's public consultation on animal welfare closes on Friday. Non-EU citizens can submit too. Here's a pre filled but editable form which makes it super quick. #animalrights act.animainternational.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
Looks good! Looking forward to reading
