Stan Steindl at The Compassion Initiative

Here, I interview Jamie Woodhouse from Sentientism.info and the Sentientism Podcast. From his website:

"Sentientism is a philosophy or worldview – a way of thinking about what’s real and what matters. Sentientists use evidence and reason to work out what to believe in, so don’t hold supernatural beliefs. Sentientists also have compassion for every sentient being – any being capable of experiencing, particularly experiencing suffering or flourishing. Roughly speaking, that’s human and non-human animals, but other types of being could conceivably be sentient too."

My big takeaway from this conversation with Jamie: 

Compassion's bottom line: To not needlessly cause suffering. All sentient beings can suffer, & so, at a minimum, compassion requires that we include them in our moral scope & not cause them to suffer.

Let me know what you think!

TARGETED PLAYLIST LINK:
Compassion in a T-Shirt: In Session

LINKS:

Find out about Sentientism here: https://sentientism.info/

Find the Sentientism Podcast here: https://sentientism.info/what-is-sentientism/podcasts

Join the conversation about sentientism on Reddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sentientism/

If you would like to know more about compassion and self-compassion, compassion focused therapy or compassionate mind training, you may wish to check out my book, The Gifts of Compassion, available at your favourite online bookstore, such as: https://www.amazon.com.au/Gifts-Compassion-understand-overcome-suffering/dp/1925644480

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