52 - Brian D. Earp - Drugs to Help Us Handle Love

Brian’s book, jointly written with Julian Savulescu, can be found here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Drugs-Chemical-Future-Relationships/dp/0804798192
and here:
https://www.amazon.com/Love-Drugs-Chemical-Future-Relationships/dp/0804798192.

You can review Brian’s academic work here:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brian_Earp

Follow Brian YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/earptube

Follow Brian on Twitter: @briandavidearp

Brian’s previous appearance on this podcast can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-761174326/13-brian-earp

Additional References
Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969). I discuss the book briefly here:
https://uncommongroundmedia.com/ursula-le-guin-left-hand-darkness/

Harry Frankfurt’s “Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person” (1971) is paywalled, but you can find a summary here:
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/desire/

Rhys Southan, “Re-Orientation”: https://medium.com/@rhys/re-orientation-fb131ba7bd9b

Timestamps
4:51 The therapeutic possibilities of pro-love drugs
5:37 Biological theories of love: modulating brain chemicals
14:42 The Left Hand of Darkness
17:05 Using MDMA
17:58 Questions of authenticity, first-order & second-order desires
21:05 Changing your sexuality
23:09 Online dating
29:31 The real thing and its imitations: Argentine tango & theatre
38:46 When should we use pro-love drugs, should they be medically prescribed?
45:48 Anti-love drugs. Dampening the libido with antidepressants.
49:10 High-tech conversion therapies
1:03:24 The medicalization of love
1:06:49 Leaving dysfunctional relationships
1:15:19 The future of love and anti-love drugs