# The Politics of Genetic Enhancement

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/the-politics-of-genetic-enhancement>

**By** Jonathan Anomaly, Aaron Ross Powell, Trevor Burrus

**Published:** October 30, 2020

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Jonathan Anomaly joins the show to talk about genetic selection and what it could look like in 10 years.

## Shownotes:

Jonathan Anomaly takes seriously the diversity of preferences parents have, and the limits of public policy in regulating what could soon be a global market for reproductive technology. He argues that once embryo selection for complex traits happens it will change the moral landscape by altering the incentives parents face.

What will happen in the next 10-20 years with CRISPR? What is embryo selection? Is there a way to enhance morality genetically? Should there be mandatory enhancements?

## Further Reading:

[Creating Future People: The Ethics of Genetic Enhancement](https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Future-People-Jonathan-Anomaly/dp/036720312X), written by Jonathan Anomaly