Female Genital Mutilation, Health Benefits, and the Problem of Medicalising Morality
The mantra implies that if FGM did have health benefits, it wouldn’t be so bad after all.
Brian D Earp
Brian D. Earp is a philosopher, psychologist, and ethicist. A proponent of accessible, public communication of science and philosophy, he has written for such venues as Aeon, The Atlantic, The Chroni
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In Praise of Ambivalence — “Young” Feminism, Gender Identity and Free Speech
It’s about the role of ambivalence in contemporary politics, focusing on an emerging strand of feminist politics.
The Unbearable Asymmetry of Bullshit
There will always be things that we haven’t figured out yet, and even some that we get wrong.” But science is not just about conclusions, he argues, which are occasionally (or even frequently) incorrect.