Jason Brennan
Jason F. Brennan 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.
Brennan writes about democratic theory, the ethics of voting, competence and power, freedom, and the moral foundations of commercial society. 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
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.Books
- A Brief History of Liberty,
- The Ethics of Voting,
- Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know,
- Compulsory Voting: For and Against,, with Lisa Hill
- Why Not Capitalism?,
- Markets without Limits,, with Peter Jaworski
- Political Philosophy: An Introduction,
- Against Democracy,
- In Defense of Openness: Why Global Freedom Is the Humane Solution to Global Poverty,, with Bas van der Vossen
- When All Else Fails: The Ethics of Resistance to State Injustice,
- Cracks in the Ivory Tower,, with Phil Magness
- Good Work If You Can Get It: How to Succeed in Academia,
