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Public goods and procreation.

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2014-09
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Anomaly, Jonathan
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Procreation is the ultimate public goods problem. Each new child affects the welfare of many other people, and some (but not all) children produce uncompensated value that future people will enjoy. This essay addresses challenges that arise if we think of procreation and parenting as public goods. These include whether individual choices are likely to lead to a socially desirable outcome, and whether changes in laws, social norms, or access to genetic engineering and embryo selection might improve the aggregate outcome of our reproductive choices.
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Journal article
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Australia
Eugenics
Genetic Enhancement
Humans
Infant Welfare
Infant, Newborn
Parenting
Reproduction
Reproductive Rights
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
Social Welfare
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/9731
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10.1007/s40592-014-0011-x
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Anomaly, Jonathan (2014). Public goods and procreation. Monash Bioeth Rev, 32(3-4). pp. 172-188. 10.1007/s40592-014-0011-x. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/9731.
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Jonathan Anomaly

Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
I work mostly on issues at the intersection of ethics and economics, including how we should respond to the under-consumption of vaccines and the over-consumption of antibiotics, and whether the market for biomedical enhancements should be regulated in any way. More generally, my research focuses on collective action problems.  I recently co-edited the first major <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/philosophy-politics-and-economics-9780190207311?cc=us&lang=en&a
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