# Alasdair Cochrane

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From Human Rights To Sentient Rights by Dr Alasdair Cochrane (Department of Politics)

Why sentience is the basis for moral value, political justice and basic rights.

Hardy and the Animals and Who's Afraid of Anthropomorphism?

Alasdair Cochrane on Thomas Hardy and animals; Will Abberley on evolutionary psychology.

Bonus: Sentientism with Jamie Woodhouse

In this bonus episode Claudia talks to Jamie Woodhouse about his podcast Sentientism. Most of the episode is concerned with sentientism as a concept and they talk about some of the tensions and opportunities guests on Jamie’s show have flagged.    Date Recorded: 26 September 2022   Jamie Woodhouse …

March 31, 2026

National Farm Workers Day; Birthday of Alasdair Cochrane; Publication of The Pleasure Trap: Mastering the Hidden Force that Undermines Health & Happiness, by Doug Lisle and Alan Goldhamer; The Farmer, by Amelia Barr.

May 03, 2026

International Leopard Day; Wild Koala Day; Publication of Solidarity with Animals: Promises, Pitfalls, and Potential, edited by Alasdair Cochrane and Mara-Daria Cojocaru; A Seed, by Willam Allingham.

Free Thinking - Tom Stoppard's The Hard Problem

Surgeon Henry Marsh and critic Susannah Clapp review the opening of Tom Stoppard's 'The Hard Problem' at the National Theatre tonight. Matthew Sweet is also joined by musician and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin to discuss his new book - 'The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Informati…

Free Thinking Essay - Beastly Politics

Is man the only political beast? Can other animals be regarded as members of our democratic communities, with rights to political consideration, representation or even participation? Alasdair Cochrane from Sheffield University believes that the exclusion of non-humans from civic institutions cannot…

Free Thinking - History of Pain, Richard III, Animal Rights

Philip Dodd is joined by political commentator Steve Richards to discuss the new production of Richard III which stars Martin Freeman and is set in the 1970s. Historian Joanna Bourke considers changing medical attitudes to pain. She's joined by Marion Coutts, who has written about her husband's dea…