Jonathan Anomaly

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Jonathan Anomaly
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Born (1975-10-15) October 15, 1975 (age 48)
Honolulu, Hawaii, US
NationalityAmerican
Occupationprofessor and researcher
AwardsSpirit of Inquiry Award by the John W. Pope Center
Academic background
EducationUC Berkeley (BA), Columbia University (MA), Tulane University (PhD)
Academic work
InstitutionsMurphy Institute of Political Economy, Duke University, Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics in Quito, Ecuador
Websitejonathan-anomaly.com

Jonathan Anomaly is an American academic known for his work in philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE). Anomaly is the Academic Director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics in Quito, Ecuador, where he designed the first PPE master's program in Latin America. His research covers a wide range of topics, including public health ethics, genetic enhancement, and collective action problems. Anomaly has taught at several universities around the United States, including Duke University, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Pennsylvania.[1]

Early Life and education

Anomaly was born in Hawaii and spent his formative years in Southern California. He pursued his undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley, focusing on philosophy and economics. Subsequently, he earned a Master’s degree from Columbia University and completed his PhD at Tulane University, where he was awarded a fellowship from the Murphy Institute of Political Economy.[2]

Career

In December 2012, Anomaly won a teaching award for a course he had designed and taught at Duke University and UNC Chapel Hill.[3]

Anomaly serves as the Academic Director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics in Quito, Ecuador.[4] He is also the architect behind the first Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) master's program in Latin America, which commenced in 2023.[5][6] Prior to his role in Ecuador, Anomaly contributed to the development of PPE programs at the University of North Carolina, Duke University, and the University of Pennsylvania.[6][7]

Anomaly's publications advocate genetic enhancement and have also addressed ethical concerns associated with factory farming.[8][9][10] He co-edited Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (Oxford University Press) in 2015 with Australian philosopher Geoff Brennan, American economist Mike Munger and Geoff Sayre-McCord. His second book, Creating Future People (Routledge Press) was published in 2024. This book considers the trade-offs involved in selecting traits for future generations, ranging from disease and health traits to cognitive abilities.[11]

In 2018, Anomaly was invited to participate in a symposium giving arguments for and against eugenics. His paper, “Defending Eugenics,” kicked off a debate in the journal Monash Bioethics Review and in the broader profession about how we should use words like "eugenics" and "genetic enhancement."[12][13]

In 2021, Anomaly gave a talk at the University of Colorado expressing concern that American universities had become ideologically captured, and that many departments were promoting political ideology over the pursuit of truth.[14][15]

Anomaly has published several articles on collective action problems such as antibiotic resistance, focusing on the overuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture.[16] In his paper, “Cognitive Enhancement and Network Effects,” Anomaly and his co-author argue that the case for using embryo selection to increase intelligence is strengthened by the fact that it has positive network effects.[17]

Along with Peter Singer, Nicholas Agar, and Walter Veit, Anomaly co-authored an article titled “Can ‘Eugenics’ be Defended?” In the article, they argued that “genetic enhancement” is just a euphemism for “eugenics,” and that instead of obsessing over the meaning of the word “eugenics” we should focus on the substance of arguments for and against different kinds of genetic interventions.[18]

Awards and recognitions

Anomaly has received several teaching awards including the Spirit of Inquiry Award from the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy.[3]

Selected publications

Articles

  • Anomaly, J. (2010-04-01). "Combating Resistance: The Case for a Global Antibiotics Treaty". Public Health Ethics. 3 (1): 13–22. doi:10.1093/phe/phq001. ISSN 1754-9973.
  • Anomaly, J. (2011-11-01). "Public Health and Public Goods". Public Health Ethics. 4 (3): 251–259. doi:10.1093/phe/phr027. ISSN 1754-9973.
  • Anomaly, J. (2012-11-01). "Is Obesity a Public Health Problem?". Public Health Ethics. 5 (3): 216–221. doi:10.1093/phe/phs028. ISSN 1754-9973.
  • Anomaly, Jonny (2013). "Collective action and individual choice: rethinking how we regulate narcotics and antibiotics". Journal of Medical Ethics. 39 (12): 752–756. doi:10.1136/medethics-2012-101160. ISSN 0306-6800.
  • Anomaly, Jonathan; Brennan, Geoffrey (2014). "Social Norms, the Invisible Hand, and the Law". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2527984. ISSN 1556-5068.
  • Anomaly, Jonathan (2015). "Public goods and government action". Politics, Philosophy & Economics. 14 (2): 109–128. doi:10.1177/1470594X13505414. ISSN 1470-594X.
  • Anomaly, Jonathan (2015-11-01). "What's Wrong With Factory Farming?". Public Health Ethics. 8 (3): 246–254. doi:10.1093/phe/phu001. ISSN 1754-9981. PMC 9757169. PMID 36540869.
  • Anomaly, Jonathan (2017). "TRUST, TRADE, AND MORAL PROGRESS: HOW MARKET EXCHANGE PROMOTES TRUSTWORTHINESS". Social Philosophy and Policy. 34 (2): 89–107. doi:10.1017/S026505251700022X. ISSN 0265-0525.
  • Anomaly, Jonathan (2018). "Defending eugenics: From cryptic choice to conscious selection". Monash Bioethics Review. 35 (1–4): 24–35. doi:10.1007/s40592-018-0081-2. ISSN 1321-2753. PMC 6096849. PMID 29804244.
  • Anomaly, Jonathan (2020-04-01). "The Future of Phage: Ethical Challenges of Using Phage Therapy to Treat Bacterial Infections". Public Health Ethics. 13 (1): 82–88. doi:10.1093/phe/phaa003. ISSN 1754-9981. PMC 7392637. PMID 32760449.
  • Anomaly, Jonathan (2022). "Race, Eugenics, and the Holocaust". Bioethics and the Holocaust. Vol. 96. Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-01987-6_9. ISBN 978-3-031-01986-9.
  • Anomaly, Jonathan; Nobre Faria, Filipe (2023). "CAN LIBERALISM LAST? DEMOGRAPHIC DEMISE AND THE FUTURE OF LIBERALISM". Social Philosophy and Policy. 40 (2): 524–543. doi:10.1017/S0265052524000189. ISSN 0265-0525.

Books

  • Anomaly, Jonathan; Brennan, Geoffrey; Munger, Michael C.; Sayre-McCord, Geoffrey (2016). Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-020731-1.
  • Anomaly, Jonathan (2024). Creating Future People. New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-032-63657-3.

Refrences

  1. ↑ Anomaly, Jonathan. "Jonathan Anomaly". Jonathan Anomaly. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  2. ↑ "Jonathan Anomaly | The Murphy Institute". murphy.tulane.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Pope Center Honors Professor Who Teaches at UNC-CH and Duke". The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  4. ↑ "CEFPE". CEFPE (in español). Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  5. ↑ "Posgrados". CEFPE (in español). Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Jonathan Anomaly Ph.D. | Psychology Today". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  7. ↑ "Externalities of Embryo Selection: Science, Ethics, Policy with Jonathan Anomaly". salemcenter.org. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  8. ↑ Jotterand, Fabrice; Ienca, Marcello, eds. (2024). The Routledge handbook of the ethics of human enhancement. Routledge handbooks in applied ethics. New York: London. ISBN 978-0-367-61579-6.
  9. ↑ Anomaly, Jonny; Johnson, Tess (2023), "The Ethics of Genetic Enhancement: Key Concepts and Future Prospects", The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Human Enhancement, Routledge, doi:10.4324/9781003105596-14/ethics-genetic-enhancement-jonny-anomaly-tess-johnson, ISBN 978-1-003-10559-6, retrieved 2024-06-13
  10. ↑ Anomaly, Jonathan (2015-11-01). "What's Wrong With Factory Farming?". Public Health Ethics. 8 (3): 246–254. doi:10.1093/phe/phu001. ISSN 1754-9981. PMC 9757169. PMID 36540869.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link)
  11. ↑ "Jonathan Anomaly - Routledge & CRC Press Author Profile". www.routledge.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  12. ↑ Anomaly, Jonathan (2018). "Defending eugenics: From cryptic choice to conscious selection". Monash Bioethics Review. 35 (1–4): 24–35. doi:10.1007/s40592-018-0081-2. ISSN 1321-2753. PMC 6096849. PMID 29804244.
  13. ↑ Veit, Walter; Anomaly, Jonathan; Agar, Nicholas; Singer, Peter; Fleischman, Diana S.; Minerva, Francesca (2021). "Can 'Eugenics' be Defended?". Monash Bioethics Review. 39 (1): 60–67. doi:10.1007/s40592-021-00129-1. ISSN 1321-2753. PMC 8321981. PMID 34033008.
  14. ↑ Anomaly, Jonathan (2017-08-11). "From College Indoctrination to Corporate Intolerance". The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  15. ↑ "Jonathan Anomaly: "Conformity in the Cathedral: Causes and Consequences of Groupthink in American Universities"". Bruce D. Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization. 11 April 2022.
  16. ↑ Anomaly, Jonathan (2020), Jamrozik, Euzebiusz; Selgelid, Michael (eds.), "Antibiotics and Animal Agriculture: The Need for Global Collective Action", Ethics and Drug Resistance: Collective Responsibility for Global Public Health, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 297–308, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-27874-8_18, ISBN 978-3-030-27874-8, retrieved 2024-06-13
  17. ↑ Anomaly, Jonathan; Jones, Garett. "Cognitive Enhancement and Network Effects: how Individual Prosperity Depends on Group Traits". Philosophia. 48 (5): 1753–1768. doi:10.1007/s11406-020-00189-3. ISSN 0048-3893.
  18. ↑ Anomaly, Jonathan; Gyngell, Christopher; Savulescu, Julian. "Great minds think different: Preserving cognitive diversity in an age of gene editing". Bioethics. 34 (1): 81–89. doi:10.1111/bioe.12585. ISSN 0269-9702. PMC 6973122. PMID 30941781.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link)

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