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Today's guest:
@DrJackSymes is a philosopher at Durham University, UK. As well as being the author of multiple books on religion and philosophy, Jack regularly delivers invited lectures at leading universities, such as Harvard University, Dartmouth College, and the University of Oxford.
Jack regularly appears on mainstream platforms, such as BBC Television, BBC Radio, The Joe Rogan Experience, Jubilee Surrounded, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Glastonbury Festival and more. He is also the host of The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast, one of the UK’s most popular higher education podcasts. In 2024, Jack was awarded the BBC New Generation Thinker Prize.
- jacksymes.co.uk
- Jack's YouTube - youtube.com/@UCu9OGRslMJpqJbL7D4mgE_A
- Jack on Jubilee Surrounded - youtube.com/watch?v=tsNBKKRXqI4
Today's episode:
In this episode, I chat with Dr Jack Symes about his recent appearance #debating meat eaters on Jubilee Surrounded. We also discuss whether the motivation for why someone goes #vegan matters, if religion has been positive or negative for animals, whether there should be meat taxes, and much more.
My other books:
📚 How to Argue With a Meat Eater (And Win Every Time): geni.us/howtoarguepb + if you’ve read the book, you can leave a review here! bit.ly/reviewedsbook
📚 This is Vegan Propaganda (& Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You): geni.us/vppb
🕒 Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:10 Why did Jack go vegan?
05:26 Does Jack get angry about what we do to animals?
08:02 Has philosophy failed to meaningfully consider animals?
13:08 What ethical framework does Ed align with?
16:08 Is sentientism a good ethical framework?
19:16 Do we make ethical decision for selfish reasons?
21:42 Are you a vegan if you don’t have the right motivation?
32:23 Has religion been positive or negative for animals?
38:44 Is The Left too scared to tackle non-stun religious slaughter?
43:13 Should there be a meat tax?
48:21 Discussion on Jubilee Surrounded
1:05:42 Outro
Watch next:
youtu.be/DLPFE91pXak
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About Ed:
Ed Winters is a best-selling author, vegan educator, public speaker and host of The Disclosure Podcast. Ed has spoken at over 1/3 of UK universities and at every Ivy league college, including as a guest lecturer and Media & Design Fellow at Harvard University.
📚 Order my latest book How to Go (and Stay) Vegan here! howtogoandstayvegan.com
🌱Join my Substack to read regular articles from me and to support my work - thank you so much! earthlinged.substack.com/welcome
🌿 To donate to my work (thank you!): earthlinged.org/support & paypal.me/EdWintersEE
Today's guest:
@DrJackSymes is a philosopher at Durham University, UK. As well as being the author of multiple books on religion and philosophy, Jack regularly delivers invited lectures at leading universities, such as Harvard University, Dartmouth College, and the University of Oxford.
Jack regularly appears on mainstream platforms, such as BBC Television, BBC Radio, The Joe Rogan Experience, Jubilee Surrounded, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Glastonbury Festival and more. He is also the host of The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast, one of the UK’s most popular higher education podcasts. In 2024, Jack was awarded the BBC New Generation Thinker Prize.
- jacksymes.co.uk
- Jack's YouTube - youtube.com/@UCu9OGRslMJpqJbL7D4mgE_A
- Jack on Jubilee Surrounded - youtube.com/watch?v=tsNBKKRXqI4
Today's episode:
In this episode, I chat with Dr Jack Symes about his recent appearance #debating meat eaters on Jubilee Surrounded. We also discuss whether the motivation for why someone goes #vegan matters, if religion has been positive or negative for animals, whether there should be meat taxes, and much more.
My other books:
📚 How to Argue With a Meat Eater (And Win Every Time): geni.us/howtoarguepb + if you’ve read the book, you can leave a review here! bit.ly/reviewedsbook
📚 This is Vegan Propaganda (& Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You): geni.us/vppb
🕒 Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:10 Why did Jack go vegan?
05:26 Does Jack get angry about what we do to animals?
08:02 Has philosophy failed to meaningfully consider animals?
13:08 What ethical framework does Ed align with?
16:08 Is sentientism a good ethical framework?
19:16 Do we make ethical decision for selfish reasons?
21:42 Are you a vegan if you don’t have the right motivation?
32:23 Has religion been positive or negative for animals?
38:44 Is The Left too scared to tackle non-stun religious slaughter?
43:13 Should there be a meat tax?
48:21 Discussion on Jubilee Surrounded
1:05:42 Outro
Watch next:
youtu.be/DLPFE91pXak
Listen and subscribe to The Disclosure Podcast:
Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/disclosurepodapple
Spotify: bit.ly/disclosurepodspotify
📱 Find more content: instagram.com/earthlinged / tiktok.com/@earthlinged / facebook.com/earthlingedpage
About Ed:
Ed Winters is a best-selling author, vegan educator, public speaker and host of The Disclosure Podcast. Ed has spoken at over 1/3 of UK universities and at every Ivy league college, including as a guest lecturer and Media & Design Fellow at Harvard University.
