In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Jonathan Anomaly. Jonathan is the Academic Director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, & Economics in Quito, Ecuador. Jonathan’s book “Creating Future People: The Ethics of Genetic Enhancement” explores the social implications of emerging rep

I speak with Jonathan about the brave new world of fertility technology, with its dizzying ambitions, miraculous promises, and sizeable hubris.  We cover embryo selection, gene editing, "designer babies", the demographic crisis and where it could lead, populations that have a chance to continue, and what they look like

Dr Jonathan Anomaly is a philosopher who writes about the social implications of emerging biotechnologies, teaches classes in ethics and game theory, and helped design the Philosophy, Politics and Economics program at Duke University. The ability to select from potential embryos is already here. Soon, we will be able t

Jonathan Anomaly takes seriously the diversity of preferences parents have, and the limits of public policy in regulating what could soon be a global market for reproductive technology. He argues that once embryo selection for complex traits happens it will change the moral landscape by altering the incentives parents

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