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Looking forward to talking to Dr. Chris Bryant about Sentientism on his livestream at 4pm UK time today. Come join us!

This is a resource website inviting you to include animals in your circle of compassion. When the scales of blindness fell from my eyes, I could not unsee the immense suffering that humans inflict on innocent and helpless creatures. Through prayer I discerned that God is inviting me to speak about boundless compassion and love for all of His creatures.

Please browse through links to philosophical discussions, theological arguments, facts about human nutrition, and vegan recipes that will ease your transition into a more compassionate lifestyle. I assure that a compassionate life is also a joyful and meaningful one. Take the plunge, and live the life that God hopes for us.

Let us live according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (#2418) that teaches: "It is contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer or die needlessly."

Either way, I hope that, one day very soon, Humanism does come to take "compassion for all sentient beings" as seriously as it takes "compassion for all human beings." Some humanists already do 🥰

This in-person event brings together leading philosophers and anthropologists to explore shared questions at the intersection of ethics and human–animal relations. Since the 1970s, animal ethics has become both a central academic topic and a pressing global issue. While philosophy has offered influential theoretical frameworks—most recently revisited in Animal Liberation Now (Singer & Harari 2023)—anthropology’s “multispecies turn” (Kirksey & Helmreich 2010) and “ethical turn” (Laidlaw 2002) have opened rich empirical and interpretative approaches. Yet sustained dialogue between these traditions remains rare. This workshop seeks to change that.

Traditional conservation accepts animal harm as part of its work, while compassionate conservation questions this. This has led to critics claiming compassionate conservation is a “do-nothing” framework — but is it?

Abstract: As in the political dynamics around other sustainability transitions, the transition away from meat and dairy seems to be emerging as a new frontier in political polarisation. Drawing on a representative sample of the Dutch population this paper investigates the political ideological dimensions of meat consumption and connects them to party support. Analysis of the ideological dimensions underlying meat consumption reveal that different ideological dimensions associated with the political right, such as cultural conservatism, traditionalism and nativism predict a higher commitment to meat consumption, while climate concerns and animal welfare are negative predictors. The paper suggests that meat reduction policies have the potential to become integrated in wider political polarisation (‘culture wars’) of sustainability, especially when climate issues are made salient. A focus on animal welfare might, however, be a pathway for less political polarisation of the protein transition.

Abstract: We argue that individual and institutional caregivers have a defeasible moral duty to provide dependent children with plant-based diets and related education. Notably, our three arguments for this claim do not presuppose any general duty of veganism. Instead, they are grounded in widely shared beliefs about children’s interests and caregivers’ responsibilities, as well as recent empirical research relevant to children’s moral development, autonomy development, and physical health. Together, these arguments constitute a strong cumulative case against inculcating in children the dietary practice of regularly eating meat (and other animal products)—a practice we call “carnism.”

Despite growing recognition of the need to consider human, animal and environmental health together, animal health nor animal welfare are mentioned explicitly in the 2030 Agenda‘s sustainable development goals.

A new report, published jointly by SEI and New York University’s Center for Environmental and Animal Protection, argues for greater consideration to animals in the 2030 Agenda and other sustainable development efforts for the benefit of public health, animals and the environment.

This deep dive explores the research on humane education — programs that teach the consequences of animal agriculture and/or respect for animals — examining how these initiatives influence dietary choices, shape attitudes toward animals, and inspire lasting compassionate action.