Brian Earp

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.

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Brian David Earp
Brian in front of the Bridge of Sighs
Brian in front of the Bridge of Sighs
Born1985
OccupationPhilosopher, Cognitive Scientist, Bioethicist
EducationYale University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge
Notable worksLove Drugs: The Chemical Future of Relationships
Notable awards2020 John Maddox Prize for “standing up for science”
Website
www.brianearp.com

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]

Personal life

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]

Work and views

Relationships and drugs

He is best known for writing Love Is the Drug: The Chemical Future of Our Relationships with Julian Savulescu.[10][12][13] 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]

Circumcision and intersex medical interventions

Earp has argued that all forms of involuntary non-therapeutic genital modification and mutilation — including routine neonatal circumcision, intersex interventions, and female genital mutilation — are violations of bioethical principles.[1][2][14][15] For this work, Earp was nominated for the 2020 John Maddox Prize, and received commendation from the judges, for “taking a multi-disciplined, science-based approach to a deep-rooted cultural practice”.[16]

Bibliography
  • 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.

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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". doi:10.31234/osf.io/3bxra. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Earp, Brian D. (2020). "What is gender for?". The Philosopher. 108 (2): 94–99 – via ResearchGate.
  5. 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.
  6. "Manchester University Press - Love is the Drug". Manchester University Press. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  7. Earp, Brian David; Savulescu, Julian (2020). Love Drugs: The Chemical Future of Relationships. Redwood Press. ISBN 9780804798198. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  8. 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.
  9. Zublin, Fiona (2020-01-05). "Love in the Roaring '20s". OZY. Archived from the original on 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Fetters, Ashley (2020-01-16). "Your Chemical Romance". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  13. 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.
  14. Hacker, Daphna (2017). Legalized Families in the Era of Bordered Globalization. Cambridge University Press. pp. 270–271. ISBN 978-1316508213.
  15. 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.
  16. CAPRISA (Dec 14, 2020). "Anthony Fauci and Salim Abdool Karim jointly awarded John Maddox Prize 2020 for standing up for science during the coronavirus pandemic".
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