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Dr Jonathan Anomaly

Disciplines:
philosophy
ethics/bioethics
ethics/public health ethics
ethics/eugenics ethics

Summary

American philosopher at the University of San Diego whose Creating Future People addresses the ethics of genetic selection and enhancement — making the philosophical case that parents have both the right and the responsibility to give their children the best genetic start.

Core Contribution

Makes the most rigorous philosophical case for liberal eugenics — the argument that individual-level genetic selection for health and capacity is morally permissible and even obligatory within a liberal framework — distinguishing this carefully from coercive state eugenics.

Notable Works & Achievements

Creating Future People

Historical Influences

Peter Singer Julian Savulescu

Intellectual Lineage

Bioethics Liberal Political Philosophy Philosophy of Medicine

Contemporaries & Peers

Julian Savulescu Nicholas AgarDavid Buchanan

Minds Influenced

Genetic enhancement ethics discourseMW bioethics content

Intellectual Posterity

Creating Future People Liberal eugenics argument

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