Jason Brennan
Jason F. Brennan | |
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| Born | 1979 |
| Alma mater | University of Arizona |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic Libertarianism Arizona School liberalism |
| Institutions | Georgetown University |
Main interests | Political philosophy · Applied ethics · Democratic theory Libertarianism |
Notable ideas | Ethics of voting |
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| Website | jasonfbrennan |
Jason F. Brennan (born 1979) is an American philosopher and business professor. He is currently the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.[1]
Brennan writes about democratic theory, the ethics of voting, competence and power, freedom, and the moral foundations of commercial society.[2] His work focuses on the intersection of normative political philosophy and the empirical social sciences, especially on questions about voter behavior, pathologies of democracy, and the consequences of freedom. He argues that most citizens have a moral obligation not to vote.
Early life[edit]
Brennan grew up in Tewksbury, Massachusetts and Hudson, New Hampshire. He attended Case Western Reserve University and the University of New Hampshire as an undergraduate. He earned his Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Arizona under the direction of David Schmidtz. From 2006–11, he was a research fellow in political science, and then Assistant Professor of Philosophy, at Brown University.[2]
Books[edit]
- A Brief History of Liberty (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), with David Schmidtz
- The Ethics of Voting (Princeton University Press, 2011)
- Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2012)
- Compulsory Voting: For and Against (Cambridge University Press, 2014), with Lisa Hill
- Why Not Capitalism? (Routledge, 2014)
- Markets without Limits (Routledge, 2015), with Peter Jaworski
- Political Philosophy: An Introduction (Cato Institute, 2016)
- Against Democracy (Princeton University Press, 2016)
- In Defense of Openness: Why Global Freedom Is the Humane Solution to Global Poverty (Oxford University Press, 2018), with Bas van der Vossen
- When All Else Fails: The Ethics of Resistance to State Injustice (Princeton University Press, 2018)
- Cracks in the Ivory Tower (Oxford University Press, 2019), with Phil Magness
- Good Work If You Can Get It: How to Succeed in Academia (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Faculty". gufaculty360.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
- ^ a b "Jason Brennan". explore.georgetown.edu. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
External links[edit]
- Jason Brennan's faculty page
- Bleeding Heart Libertarians – The Bleeding Heart Libertarians blog
- Jason Brennan at Learn Liberty
- "On the ethics of voting" (interview with Jason Brennan), 3:AM Magazine, January 14, 2013
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- 1979 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American philosophers
- American ethicists
- American libertarians
- American political philosophers
- Analytic philosophers
- Brown University faculty
- Georgetown University faculty
- Libertarian theorists
- People from Hudson, New Hampshire
- People from Tewksbury, Massachusetts
- Philosophers from Massachusetts
- Philosophers from New Hampshire
- Philosophers from Washington, D.C.
- University of Arizona alumni
- Voting theorists