Brian D. Earp

Brian D. Earp

Brian D. Earp is contributing writer at The Atlantic, Associate Director, Yale-Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Policy at The Hastings Center and Research Fellow at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.

Brian is a Research Associate in Science and Ethics at the University of Oxford and a Visiting Scholar at the Hastings Center Bioethics Research Institute. His work is cross-disciplinary, following training in cognitive science, psychology, philosophy, history and sociology of science and medicine, and ethics. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Philosophy Review as well as Guest Editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics (currently Associate Editor), and has seen his work as both a scientist and philosopher covered in Nature, New Scientist, Popular Scientist, New Humanist, New York Magazine, and The Atlantic (among other outlets), as well as featured in print or in broadcast segments by the BBC, CNN, ABC, and several leading international newspapers. His work has also been cited by the President’s Commission on Bioethics in Gray Matters: Topics at the Intersection of Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society.

Publications

• Earp, Brian D.. The AAP report on circumcision: Bad science + bad ethics = bad medicine. Practical Ethics (University of Oxford). 2012; Retrieved 9 February 2020.
• Earp, Brian D.. The ethics of infant male circumcision. J Med Ethics. 11 April 2013; : 1–3. DOI. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
• Earp, Brian D.. Female genital mutilation (FGM) and male circumcision: Should there be a separate ethical discourse?. Practical Ethics (University of Oxford). 2014; DOI. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
• Earp, Brian D.. Female genital mutilation and male circumcision: Toward an autonomy-based ethical framework. Medicolegal and Bioethics. 2015; 5: 89-104. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
• Earp, Brian D.. The need to control for socially desirable responding in studies on the sexual effects of male circumcision. PLoS ONE. 2015; 10(9): 1-12. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
• Earp, Brian D.. Sex and circumcision. American Journal of Bioethics. 2015; 15(2): 43-45. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
• Earp, Brian D., Darby, Robert. Does science support infant circumcision?. The Skeptic. 2015; 25(3): 23-30. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
• Earp, Brian D.. Strengths and weaknesses in the 2015 Canadian Paediatric Society statement regarding newborn male circumcision. Paediatrics & Child Health. 2015; 20(8): 433-434. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
• Earp, Brian D.. Do the benefits of male circumcision outweigh the risks? A critique of the proposed CDC guidelines. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 18 March 2015; 3(18) DOI. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
• Carmack, Adrienne, Notini, Lauren, Earp, Brian D.. Should surgery for hypospadias be performed before an age of consent?. The Journal of Sex Research. 19 October 2015; DOI. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
• Earp, Brian D.. In defence of genital autonomy for children. Journal of Medical Ethics. 2016; 41(3): 158-163. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
• Earp, Brian D.. Male circumcision: Who should decide?. Pediatrics. 2016; 37(5) Retrieved 9 February 2020.
• Earp, Brian D.. The unbearable asymmetry of bullshit. HealthWatch Newsletter. 15 February 2016; 101: 4-5. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
• Earp, Brian D. (21 April 2016)."Does Circumcision Reduce Penis Sensitivity? The Answer Is Not Clear Cut", The Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
• Earp, Brian D.. (Johns Hopkins University Press) Between moral relativism and moral hypocrisy: Reframing the debate on "FGM". Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. June 2016; 26(2): 105-144. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
• Earp, Brian D.. Infant circumcision and adult penile sensitivity: Implications for sexual experience. Trends in Urology & Men's Health. June 2016; 7(4): 17-21. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
• Frisch, Morten, Earp, Brian D.. Circumcision of Male infants and children as a public health measure in developed countries: A critical assessment of recent evidence. Global Public Health. 2018; 13(5): 626-641. DOI. Retrieved 9 February 2020.

External links

• Facebook profile. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
• Brian D. Earp, Academia.edu. Retrieved 9 February 2020.