Episode #54 – Sebo on the Moral Problem of Other Minds

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Jeff Sebo

In this episode I talk to Jeff Sebo. Jeff is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of Bioethics, Medical Ethics, and Philosophy, and Director of the Animal Studies M.A. Program at New York University. Jeff’s research focuses on bioethics, animal ethics, and environmental ethics. He has two co-authored books Chimpanzee Rights and Food, Animals, and the Environment. We talk about something Jeff calls the ‘moral problem of other minds’, which is roughly the problem of what we should to if we aren’t sure whether another being is sentient or not.

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Show Notes

0:00 – Introduction
1:38 – What inspired Jeff to think about the moral problem of other minds?
7:55 – The importance of sentience and our uncertainty about it
12:32 – The three possible responses to the moral problem of other minds: (i) the incautionary principle; (ii) the precautionary principle and (iii) the expected value principle
15:26 – Understanding the Incautionary Principle
20:09 – Problems with the Incautionary Principle
23:14 – Understanding the Precautionary Principle: More plausible than the incautionary principle?
29:20 – Is morality a zero-sum game? Is there a limit to how much we can care about other beings?
35:02 – The problem of demandingness in moral theory
37:06 – Other problems with the precautionary principle
41:41 – The Utilitarian Version of the Expected Value Principle
47:36 – The problem of anthropocentrism in moral reasoning
53:22 – The Kantian Version of the Expected Value Principle
59:08 – Problems with the Kantian principle
1:03:54 – How does the moral problem of other minds transfer over to other cases, e.g. abortion and uncertainty about the moral status of the foetus?

Relevant Links

Jeff’s Homepage
‘The Moral Problem of Other Minds’ by Jeff
Chimpanzee Ethics by Jeff and ors
Food, Animals and the Environment by Jeff and Christopher Schlottman
‘Consider the Lobster‘ by David Foster Wallace
‘Ethical Behaviourism in the Age of the Robot’ by John Danaher
Episode 48 with David Gunkel on Robot Rights

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