#342 — Animal Minds & Moral Truths

Sam Harris speaks with Peter Singer about important problems in
ethics. They discuss his career as a philosopher, the moral
status of non-human animals, the ethics of moral hierarchies,
speciesism, the scale of animal suffering, conscientious
omnivores, animal experimentation, the tragic case of Sam
Bankman-Fried, concerns about Effective Altruism, the problems
with focusing on existential risk, the comparative nature of
human suffering, the work of Derek Parfit, objective morality,
and other topics.


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