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BLAKE HERETH
 about me
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I'm Blake. I'm proudly nonbinary (pronouns they/them), bisexual, and disabled. I work in neuroethics, bioethics, applied ethics, and philosophy of religion. My work's unifying feature is the ethics of harm, a focus I developed as an undergraduate and on which I wrote my dissertation, "The Resurrection of Radical Pacifism: A Defense," at the University of Washington. Most recently, I've been writing about human neurological enhancements in military and parent-child contexts.

I am currently Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. I work with Drs. Nicholas Evans and Neil Shortland on a project funded by the Department of Defense's Minerva Research Initiative on the topic, "Warfighter Participation in the Development and Testing of Artificial Intelligence." You can read a write-up about our project over at FutureHuman, as well as details about our upcoming workshop, "The Ethics and Legal Significance of Super Soldiers," at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law.

I'm also Chair of the American Philosophical Association's Committee on LGBTQ People in the Profession. I recently published a co-authored piece in the local Lowell Sun responding to an anti-trans activist who spoke at UMass Lowell.
upcoming & recent talks

If you're a nice person who likes philosophy, then we're already friends. (And if you're queer, then we're already family!) Here's your invitation to some friendly philosophy chatter at some upcoming talks!
  • New talks TBD!
Below are some recent talks I gave. Thanks to all who came!​​
  • Friday, September 9th (5:00-6:30pm EST): Marist College, Department of Philosophy & Religion Colloquia Series (Poughkeepsie, NY) (Hancock 2023)
    "A Simple Argument for Compulsory Parental Neuronetting"
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  • Friday, September 23 (12pm EST): APA Webinar Panel w/Robin Dembroff, Sally Haslanger, Tamsin Kimoto, Dee Payton, Lori Gruen, and Lori Watson (via Zoom)
    "The Status of 'Women' in the Committee on the Status of Women"
  • November 2-4 (untimed virtual session): International Neuroethics Society (Montréal, Canada, via Zoom)
    "Not Left to Chance: Why Mandatory Neuroenhancements Don't Undermine Parental Autonomy"
  • November 10th (2:10-3:10pm Central): Of Christ and Creatures: Animals in Christian Theology, Saint Louis University (via Zoom)
    "Why God Became (Only?) Human"
  • Wednesday, January 4th (11am EST): APA Eastern Division Meeting (Montréal, Canada)
    "Marketing While Trans/Nonbinary" (co-presented with Andrea Pitts)

  • Saturday, January 7th (11am-12:50pm EST): APA Eastern Division Meeting (Montre2al, Canada)
    "The Status of 'Women' in the Status of Women: A Discussion" (panel discussion with Lori Gruen, K. Bailey Thomas, Andrea Pitts, and Louise Antony)
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