Why Sentience Matters Morally | Jamie Woodhouse @LawrenceAnton
Why Sentience Matters Morally | Jamie Woodhouse  @LawrenceAnton
Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Jamie Woodhouse is a prominent advocate of the Sentientism worldview. I speak with him today about why we should care about sentience, and whether we should create it.

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00:00 – Intro
00:50 – Jamie
02:52 – Sentientism
05:20 – Sentientism in Antinatalism
07:15 – Why Care About Sentience
15:06 – Psychology Biases
22:01 – Implications of Sentientism
37:17 – Ethics of Creating Sentience
48:03 – Popularising Sentientism
01:03:49 – Outro

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@Sentientism for The Sentientism Podcast.

Introductions to Sentientism:
β€’ 40 mins – youtube.com/watch?v=sG_ie6x8rZc
β€’ 30 mins – youtube.com/watch?v=Wyhmi9-60OI&t=265s

Website: sentientism.info

Sentientist communities: sentientism.info/groups
β€’ Facebook – facebook.com/groups/2000192466918170
β€’ Reddit – reddit.com/r/Sentientism

Outro Music // The Last Time - Kayou. // Provided by @LofiGirl
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