Philosophy 24/7

A Podcast That Interviews Leading Philosophers About Pressing Moral and Political Issues.

Enhancing Human Beings

With Jonathan Anomaly

It’s a profoundly contentious topic – for sound historical reasons merely raising it as a possibility will prompt repugnance among many listeners – but what are the ethics of genetic enhancement? Is there a strong case, for example, for using it to combat disease? The academic publisher Routledge has just published a book Creating Future People, the author is Jonathan Anomaly.