Public goods and procreation.
Abstract
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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AustraliaEugenics
Genetic Enhancement
Humans
Infant Welfare
Infant, Newborn
Parenting
Reproduction
Reproductive Rights
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
Social Welfare
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10.1007/s40592-014-0011-xPublication Info
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.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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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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