Blake Hereth, PhD

Blake Hereth, PhD
Blake Hereth, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law

Biosketch

Blake Hereth, PhD (they/them), received their undergraduate degree in philosophy from Cedarville University in 2011. After completing their MA in philosophy at the University of Arkansas from 2012-2014, they spent a year as an adjunct professor at Drake University and Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. From 2015-2019, they completed a second MA in philosophy (2017) and a PhD in philosophy at the University of Washington, Seattle. After graduating, Dr. Hereth served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at their alma mater, the University of Arkansas, for two years (2019-2021), before accepting a research position as Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (2021-2023), where they worked under a U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research grant to investigate the ethics of warfighter enhancement. Subsequent to their time at UMass Lowell, Dr. Hereth served for one academic year as Postdoctoral Fellow in the Wexler Lab at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, where they worked to model ethicist engagement in private neurotechnology companies. In addition to these positions, Dr. Hereth has served as Chair of the American Philosophical Association's Committee on LGBTQ People in the Profession, where they have spearheaded efforts to advance the interests of LGBTQ persons within professional philosophy, including bioethics.

  • Education and Training
    • Postdoctoral Fellowship 2024, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
    • PhD 2019, Philosophy, University of Washington-Seattle Campus
    • MA 2014, Philosophy, University of Arkansas
    • BA 2011, Philosophy, Cedarville University

  • Research
    • Philosophy of Religion
    • Neuroethics
    • LGBTQ healthcare
    • Bioethics
    • Applied Ethics

  • Publications

    • Hereth B. What You鈥檙e Rejecting When You鈥檙e Expecting Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. 2023;20(3):397-408.

    • Hereth B., Evans N.G. Make Them Rare or Make Them Care: Artificial Intelligence and Moral Cost-Sharing Ethical Dilemmas in the Global Defense Industry. 2023:217-236.

    • Hereth B. Heavenly Procreation Faith and Philosophy. 2022;39:100-123.

    • Hereth B. Mary, did you consent? Religious Studies. 2022;58(4):677-700.

    • Hereth B. Moral Neuroenhancement for Prisoners of War Neuroethics. 2022;15(1)

    • Hereth B. QUEER ADVICE TO CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHERS1 European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. 2022;14(1):49-75.

    • Hereth B., Evans N. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 2022;31(4):557-569.

    • Hereth B., Tubig P., Sorrels A., Muldoon A., Hills K., Evans N.G. The BMJ. 2022

    • Moreno J., Gross M.L., Becker J., Hereth B., Shortland N.D., Evans N.G. The ethics of AI-assisted warfighter enhancement research and experimentation: Historical perspectives and ethical challenges Frontiers in Big Data. 2022;5

    • Hereth B. Animal rights Pacifism Philosophical Studies. 2021;178(12):4053-4082.

    • Hereth B. Health Justice for Unjust Combatants Journal of Military Ethics. 2021;20(1):67-81.

    • Hereth B., Ferrucci A. Here鈥檚 not looking at you, kid: A new defence of anti-natalism South African Journal of Philosophy. 2021;40(1):14-33.

    • Blake M., Hereth B. Sanctuary Cities and Non-Refoulement Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. 2020;23(2):457-474.

    • Hereth B. Animal gods The Lost Sheep in Philosophy of Religion: New Perspectives on Disability, Gender, Race, and Animals. 2019:183-207.

    • Hereth B., Timpe K. The lost sheep in philosophy of religion: New perspectives on disability, gender, race, and animals The Lost Sheep in Philosophy of Religion: New Perspectives on Disability, Gender, Race, and Animals. 2019:1-400.

    • Timpe K., Hereth B. Introduction The Lost Sheep in Philosophy of Religion: New Perspectives on Disability, Gender, Race, and Animals. 2019:1-27.

    • Hereth B. Queer oppression and pacifism The Routledge Handbook of Pacifism and Nonviolence. 2018:281-292.

  • Presentations
    • Child Super Soldiers. Hereth, Blake, EuroISME,Hellenic Air Force Academy, Athens, Greece, 10/2023
    • Child Super Soldiers. Hereth, Blake, The Ethical and Legal Significance of Super Soldiers Workshop, Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 04/2023
    • Marketing While Trans/Nonbinary. Hereth, Blake, APA Eastern Division Meeting, Montreal, QC, 01/2023
    • The Status of 芒聙聵Women芒聙聶 in the Committee on the Status of Women. Hereth, Blake, APA Eastern Division Meeting, Montreal, QC, 01/2023
    • Why God Became (Only?) Human. Hereth, Blake, Of Christ and Creatures: Thinking About Animals in Christian Theology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, 11/2022
    • Not Left to Chance: Why Mandatory Neuroenhancements Don芒聙聶t Undermine Parental Autonomy. Hereth, Blake, International Neuroethics Society, Montreal, Canada, 11/2022
    • About Face: Using Facial Modulation Technologies to Improve Wartime Discrimination. Hereth, Blake, International Society of Military Ethics (ISME), University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, 07/2022
    • About Face: Using Facial Modulation Technologies to Improve Wartime Discrimination. Hereth, Blake, Georgia Philosophical Society, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 06/2022
    • On a Duty to Procreate if Pro-Natalism is True. Hereth, Blake, Institute for Bioethics & Health Humanities芒聙聶 Reproductive Ethics Conference, Galveston, TX, 01/2022
    • Comments on Zoe Cunliffe芒聙聶s 芒聙聵In Defense of the Moral Significance of Non-Narrative Stories. Hereth, Blake, APA Eastern Division Meeting, Baltimore, 六合彩开奖直播, 01/2022
    • Health Justice for Unjust Combatants. Hereth, Blake, Great Lakes Philosophy Conference, Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI, 04/2021
    • Self-Defense for Theists. Hereth, Blake, APA Central Division Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 02/2021
    • Health Justice for Unjust Combatants. Hereth, Blake, Concerned Philosophers for Peace, Fresno, CA, 01/2021
    • Real Kids First: An Adoption Argument for Anti-Natalism. Hereth, Blake and Ferrucci, Anthony, APA Central Division Meeting, Chicago, IL, 02/2020
    • Mary, Did You Consent?. Hereth, Blake, Religion, Culture, and Diversity Symposium: 芒聙聹The Lost Sheep: Diverse Voices from the Margins of Philosophy,芒聙聺 Utah Valley University, Orem, UT, 02/2020
    • Higher-Order Evidence in Groups: A Defense of a Peer Summative Account of Group Justification. Hereth, Blake, APA Eastern Division Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 01/2020
    • Here芒聙聶s Not Looking At You, Kid: A New Defense of Anti-Natalism. Hereth, Blake and Ferrucci, Anthony, National Conference of the Italian Society of Political Philosophy, Milan, Italy, 11/2019
    • Real Kids First: An Adoption Argument for Anti-Natalism. Hereth, Blake, Northwest Philosophy Conference, Pacific College, Forest Grove, OR, 10/2019
    • Does Theism Make a Difference for Self-Defense?. Hereth, Blake, Society of Christian Philosophers Midwest Meeting, Holland, MI, 09/2019
    • Here芒聙聶s Not Looking At You, Kid: A New Defense of Anti-Natalism. Hereth, Blake and Ferrucci, Anthony, Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, Boulder, CO, 08/2019
    • Saving Lives, Taking Lives. Hereth, Blake, Northwest Philosophy Conference, Bellevue College, Bellevue, WA, 10/2018
    • Transitioning in the Afterlife. Hereth, Blake, Society of Christian Philosophers 40th Anniversary Meeting, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, 09/2018
    • Trans* Embodiment and Afterlife Justice. Hereth, Blake, 2018 Logos Workshop in Philosophical Theology, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, 05/2018
    • Animal Rights Pacifism. Hereth, Blake, APA Eastern Division Meeting, Savannah, GA, 01/2018
    • Animal Rights Pacifism. Hereth, Blake, Stockholm Center for the Ethics of War and Peace芒聙聶s Early Career and Graduate Reading Retreat, Australian National University, Kioloa, Australia, 11/2017
    • How (and How Not) to Be a Luck Prioritarian About Health. Hereth, Blake, Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress, Boulder, CO, 08/2017
    • Unvaccinated Children and Self-Defense. Hereth, Blake, Concerned Philosophers for Peace at the APA Pacific Division Meeting, Seattle, WA, 04/2017
    • Pacifism and Feminism. Hereth, Blake, Concerned Philosophers for Peace, virtual, virtual, 10/2016
    • How (and How Not) to Be a Luck Prioritarian. Hereth, Blake, APA Pacific Division Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 04/2016
    • Comments on Eden Lin芒聙聶s 芒聙聹The Hedonic Coincidence Problem for Desire Satisfactionism芒聙聺. Hereth, Blake, APA Pacific Division Meeting, San Diego, CA, 04/2014
    • Mactatis pro Familia. Hereth, Blake, Midsouth Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, 02/2014
    • Comments on Brady Hoback芒聙聶s 芒聙聵Nonculpable Ignorance as an Excusing Condition for Unjust Combatants". Hereth, Blake, Midsouth Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, 02/2014
    • Mactatis pro Familia. Hereth, Blake, Concerned Philosophers for Peace, Yosemite National Park, CA, 10/2013