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Who’s Afraid of a Naked Emperor?

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Star Trek and the Issue of Sentience

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Star Trek is a vehicle for science fiction themes, and like many science fiction stories, it sometimes uses the future to focus on issues that touch us today. I look at the issue of sentience, as seen in respect of the character, The Doctor on the series Star Trek: Voyager. After a brief look at the way this pop-cultural icon addresses the issue, I launch into other considerations of sentience, highlighting moral inconsistencies and moral compartmentalisation and the way this relates to non-human animals.

Music intro from TV series Star Trek Voyager.

One correction: I used the term at one point “non-white” when I meant to say “people of colour”.

Here’s some excerpts of the series episode titled “Author Author”

Starts at 1.17

Starts at 0.45 secs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EASb1XYOtE

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Sentience, Speciesism and Rights | How To Go Vegan Podcast

Sentience: The Morally Relevant Characteristic Justifying BasicĀ Rights

 

 

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VT Podcast Ep 7: Intersectionality and Abolitionist Veganism

Intersectionality VeganEthosEp 7 is targeted at a specific audience but I’m sure others will find it interesting.Ā  With the kind permission of the author of Vegan Ethos, I am sharing her recent blog post which you can view here:Ā  Intersectionality and Abolitionist Veganism Part 1Ā 

Here’s Intersectionality and Abolitionist Veganism Part 2

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Vegan Trove Podcast Episode 2: Speciesism and Other Forms of Discrimination

Welcome again friends. šŸ™‚ In Episode 2, I briefly touch on some of the topics covered in my 1st podcast. I explore some quotes, articles and interviews and include some of the audio.

Excerpt of transcript of Russell Brand / Paxman interview on BBC’s Newsnight:

Jeremy Paxman: Well, how do you have any authority to talk about politics then?

Russell Brand: Well, I donā€™t get my authority from this pre-existing paradigm which is quite narrow and only serves a few people. I look elsewhere for alternatives that might be of service to humanity. Alternative means alternative political systems.

Jeremy Paxman: They being?

Russell Brand: Well, Iā€™ve not invented it yet, Jeremy. I had to do a magazine last week. Iā€™ve had a lot on my plate. But I sayā€”but hereā€™s the thing that you shouldnā€™t do: shouldnā€™t destroy the planet, shouldnā€™t create massive economic disparity, shouldnā€™t ignore the needs of the people. The burden of proof is on the people with the power, not people who like doing a magazine for a novelty.

Jeremy Paxman: How do you imagine that people get power?

Russell Brand: Well, I imagine there are sort of hierarchical systems that have been preserved through generationsā€”

Jeremy Paxman: They get power by being voted in. Thatā€™s how they get it.

Russell Brand: Well, you say that, Jeremy, but likeā€”

Jeremy Paxman: You canā€™t even be asked to vote.

RUSSELL BRAND: Itā€™s quite narrowā€”quite a narrow prescriptive parameter that changes within theā€”

JEREMY PAXMAN: In a democracy, thatā€™s how it works.

RUSSELL BRAND: Well, I donā€™t think itā€™s working very well, Jeremy, given that the planet is being destroyed, given that there is economic disparity of a huge degree. What youā€™re saying, thereā€™s no alternative. Thereā€™s no alternative, just this system.

Jeremy Paxman: No, Iā€™m not saying that. Iā€™m sayingā€”

Russell Brand: Brilliant.

Jeremy Paxman: ā€”if you canā€™t be asked to vote, why should we be asked to listen to your political point of view?

Russell Brand: You donā€™t have to listen to my political point of view. But itā€™s not that Iā€™m not voting out of apathy. Iā€™m not voting out of absolute indifference and weariness and exhaustion from the lies, treachery, deceit of the political class that has been going on for generations now and which has now reached fever pitch, where we have a disenfranchised, disillusioned, despondent underclass that are not being represented by that political system. So, voting for it is tacit complicity with that system, and thatā€™s not something Iā€™m offering up.

Jeremy Paxman: Why donā€™t you change it then?

Russell Brand: Iā€™m trying to.

I touch on the problems of large animal charities ignoring the solution to animal “cruelty” and more importantly the solution to abolishing animal use (Veganism),Ā  and I expand on a topic I broached last week about the ecological disaster that is animal agriculture and its contribution to species extinction and climate change and how green groups ignore its contribution and why, and I touch on a number of diverse miscellaneous issues.

This 2nd podcast is again a tad long (approx 45 minutes) but I think you might find it interesting.Ā  Episode 3 will (hopefully) be in the next 2 or 3 weeks if time permits (Iā€™m very busy till the new year).

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Disclaimer: Although I mention various individuals or sites in my podcasts, please note I do not necessarily endorse these individuals, or opinions, links or ads.Ā  Please view my disclaimer:Ā  http://www.vegantrove.com/disclaimer/

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Thanks for listening. I look forward to having the pleasure of your company next time.Ā  :)

For more information:

Russell Brand’s “The Trews

On the Environmental Disaster of Animal Agriculture | UVE Archives

Recommended booksĀ 

My LiveVegan Page: Another Facebook Casualty?

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