Brian Earp
Dr Brian David Earp | |
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 Brian in front of the Bridge of Sighs | |
| Born | 1985 |
| Occupation | Philosopher, Cognitive Scientist, Bioethicist |
| Education | Yale University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge |
| Notable works | Love Drugs: The Chemical Future of Relationships |
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Brian David Earp is an American bioethicist, philosopher, and interdisciplinary researcher. He is best known for his writings on intersex medical interventions, circumcision, and drug use in the United States.[1][2] He is currently associate director of the Yale-Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Policy at Yale University and The Hastings Center, and a Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.
Earp has written on a wide range of topics, including free will,[3] sex and gender[4] and the replication crisis in psychology[5] He currently writes the quarterly "Philosophy in the Real World" column for The Philosopher. In 2019, Earp wrote his first book (co-written with Julian Savulescu), published in the UK as Love Is the Drug: The Chemical Future of Our Relationships [6] and in the United States as Love Drugs: The Chemical Future of Relationships).[7][8][9][10][11]
Work and views
[edit]Circumcision and intersex medical interventions
[edit]Earp has argued that all forms of involuntary non-therapeutic genital modification and mutilation[a] are violations of bioethical principles.[1][2][12][13] Especially, he questions the distinction between “male circumcision.” and “female genital mutilation” (or FGM), maintaining that the mildest forms of FGM are less severe than circumcision.[2][14]
Relationships and drugs
[edit]He is best known for writing Love Is the Drug: The Chemical Future of Our Relationships with Julian Savulescu.[10][15][16] He has argued that certain forms of medications can be ethically consumed as a "helpful complement" in relationships. Both to fall in love, and, to fall out of it.[10][11]
Personal life
[edit]Earp grew up in a conservative evangelical Christian household. His mother was a stay-at-home mother; his father was a X-ray technician.[10]
Bibliography
[edit]- Earp, Brian D.; Savulescu, Brian D. (2020). Love is the Drug: The Chemical Future of Our Relationships. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-1-5261-4541-3.
- Earp, Brian D.; Chambers, Clare; Watson, Lori, eds. (2022). The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality. Routledge. ISBN 9781138370678.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Including routine neonatal circumcision, intersex interventions, and female genital mutilation.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Earp, Brian D.; Steinfeld, Rebecca (May 15, 2017). "How different are female, male and intersex genital cutting?". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 2017-05-16. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
- ^ a b c Earp, Brian (October 2015). "Female genital mutilation and male circumcision: toward an autonomy-based ethical framework". Medicolegal and Bioethics. 5: 89. doi:10.2147/mb.s63709. ISSN 2230-2468.
- ^ Earp, Brian D.; Everett, Jim Albert Charlton; Crone, Damien; Nadelhoffer, Thomas; Caruso, Gregg D.; Shariff, Azim; Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter. "Determined to be Humble? Exploring the Relationship Between Belief in Free Will and Humility". PsyArXiv. doi:10.31234/osf.io/3bxra.
- ^ Earp, Brian D. (2020). "What is gender for?". The Philosopher. 108 (2): 94–99 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ Earp, Brian D.; Trafimow, David (2015). "Replication, falsification, and the crisis of confidence in social psychology". Frontiers in Psychology. 6: 621. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00621. ISSN 1664-1078. PMC 4436798. PMID 26042061.
- ^ "Manchester University Press - Love is the Drug". Manchester University Press. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ Earp, Brian David; Savulescu, Julian (2020). Love Drugs: The Chemical Future of Relationships. Redwood Press. ISBN 9780804798198. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ Greenberg, Jon (April 18, 2016). "HIV In Africa: 6 Million Circumcisions And Counting". Politifact. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- ^ Zublin, Fiona (2020-01-05). "Love in the Roaring '20s". OZY. Archived from the original on 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- ^ a b c d Shane, Cari (2019-12-12). "Can We Replace Couples Therapy With Real-Life Love Potions?". OZY. Archived from the original on 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- ^ a b Szalavitz, Maia (2014-05-19). "Is It Possible to Create an Anti-Love Drug?". The Cut. Archived from the original on 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
- ^ Hacker, Daphna (2017). Legalized Families in the Era of Bordered Globalization. Cambridge University Press. pp. 270–271. ISBN 978-1316508213.
- ^ Shweder, Richard A. (2016). "Equality Now in Genital Reshaping: Brian Earp's Search for Moral Consistency". Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. 26 (2): 145–154. doi:10.1353/ken.2016.0016. ISSN 1086-3249. PMID 27477192. S2CID 44291019.
- ^ Earp, Brian D. (2021). "Male or female genital cutting: why 'health benefits' are morally irrelevant". Journal of Medical Ethics. doi:10.1136/medethics-2020-106782. PMID 33462078.
- ^ Fetters, Ashley (2020-01-16). "Your Chemical Romance". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- ^ Anekwe, Lilian (February 12, 2020). "Drugs may be able to fix our romantic lives when things go wrong". New Scientist. Archived from the original on 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
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