Dr. Jonathan Anomaly is a Professor in the Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program at the University of Pennsylvania. He works mostly on issues at the intersection of ethics, economics, and biology. These include what we should do about antibiotic resistance, and how we should respond to the emerging market for genetic engineering. More generally, he’s interested in the relative role of social norms and legal institutions in solving different kinds of collective action problems. He’s the author of Creating Future People: The Ethics of Genetic Enhancement.

In this episode, we focus on Dr. Anomaly’s book, Creating Future People. We talk about different types of human enhancement, from cognitive enhancement to immuno-enhancement. We also refer to synthetic people, and the future of our species.

Follow Dr. Anomaly’s work:

Faculty page: http://bit.ly/2FR8MvL

PhilPeople profile: http://bit.ly/33nrAxB

Creating Future People: https://amzn.to/2QoV0G7

A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS/SUPPORTERS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, PER HELGE LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, JERRY MULLER, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BERNARDO SEIXAS, HERBERT GINTIS, RUTGER VOS, RICARDO VLADIMIRO, BO WINEGARD, CRAIG HEALY, OLAF ALEX, PHILIP KURIAN, JONATHAN VISSER, DAVID DIAS, ANJAN KATTA, JAKOB KLINKBY, ADAM KESSEL, MATTHEW WHITINGBIRD, ARNAUD WOLFF, TIM HOLLOSY, HENRIK AHLENIUS, JOHN CONNORS, PAULINA BARREN, FILIP FORS CONNOLLY, DAN DEMETRIOU, ROBERT WINDHAGER, RUI INACIO, ARTHUR KOH, ZOOP, MARCO NEVES, MAX BEILBY, COLIN HOLBROOK, SUSAN PINKER, THOMAS TRUMBLE, PABLO SANTURBANO, SIMON COLUMBUS, PHIL KAVANAGH, JORGE ESPINHA, CORY CLARK, MARK BLYTH, ROBERTO INGUANZO, AND MIKKEL STORMYR!

A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PRODUCERS, YZAR WEHBE, ROSEY, JIM FRANK, ŁUKASZ STAFINIAK, IAN GILLIGAN, SERGIU CODREANU, LUIS CAYETANO, AND MATTHEW LAVENDER!

AND TO MY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, MICHAL RUSIECKI!

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