The Open Philanthropy Project spoke with Professor Tye of the University of Texas as part of its investigation into which types of beings should be of moral concern, and thus a potential target for the Open Philanthropy Project’s grantmaking. This
conversation focused on one particular factor plausibly relevant to whether a being should be of moral concern or not — namely, whether that being is phenomenally conscious, and what the character of its conscious experience is. Conversation
focused on approaches to investigating which types of conscious states animals are likely to experience, and included topics from Professor Tye’s forthcoming book, Tense Bees and Shell-Shocked Crabs.
