The podcast of the LSE Festival panel on ‘Invertebrate minds: from spiders to octopuses’ is now online!

Human beings are part of a vast sentient world full of conscious creatures, and even those of us far away from centres of political power have immense influence over huge numbers of animal lives – influence which we can choose to exercise for good or ill. The LSE Philosophy panel at the LSE Festival 2024 discussed how to include invertebrate animals from spiders to sea creatures in debates on animal welfare to ensure their interests are protected and promoted.

Speakers: Daria Zakharova, Professor Elli Leadbeater, Jonathan Birch and Sam Beckbessinger
Chair: Bryan Roberts

More about the event.

Link to the podcast.