August 8, 2025
Symposium on the Ethics of Free Inquiry on Campus
To be held in Hariri, room 360. The public is welcome to attend.
August 8, 2025
Faculty Workshop – Carmen Pavel
To be held in Hariri, room 570. Paper topic TBA. Lunch will be served. To attend, please email the director of the institute, Michael Douma at
August 8, 2025
Faculty Workshop – Bas Van der Vossen
To be held in Hariri, room 570. Paper topic TBA. Lunch will be served. To attend, please email the director of the institute, Michael Douma at
August 8, 2025
Faculty Workshop – Joseph Porter
To be held in Hariri, room 570. Paper topic TBA. Lunch will be served. To attend, please email the director of the institute, Michael Douma at
August 8, 2025
Faculty Workshop – Allyson Rosenblum and John Hasnas
To be held in Hariri, room 570. Paper topic TBA. Lunch will be served. To attend, please email the director of the institute, Michael Douma at
August 8, 2025
Faculty Workshop – Sahar Akhtar
To be held in Hariri, room 570. Paper topic TBA. Lunch will be served. To attend, please email the director of the institute, Michael Douma at
April 13, 2025
Faculty Workshop – Michael Veber (East Carolina University)
Michael Veber (Associate Professor of Philosophy at East Carolina University) will present his paper “The Paradox of Dogmatism as a Regulative Epistemic Problem.” Paper Abstract: The paradox of dogmatism is […]
March 26, 2025
Faculty Workshop – Samuel Director (University of Richmond)
Samuel Director (University of Richmond) will present a paper titled “Social Sanctions, Criticism, and Speech.” Guests are welcome. Lunch will be provided. To reserve a spot, please email the director […]
March 4, 2025
Faculty Workshop – Violet Victoria (University of Oklahoma)
Violet Victoria (University of Oklahoma) will present a paper titled “Issues in the ‘Democratization’ of Financial Markets”. Lunch will be provided. To reserve a spot, please email the director of […]
February 25, 2025 • McDonough School of Business
Office Hours: Evaluating the True Impact of Seemingly Good Acts
by Maria Camila Gutierrez What does it truly mean to do good? Jason Brennan, Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor, explores the ethical complexities of doing good in Questioning […]
February 12, 2025
Faculty Workshop – John Hasnas
John Hasnas (Georgetown/ GISME) will present a paper titled “Second Thoughts about First Principles: A Critique of the Contemporary Conception of the Principle of Legality.” Guests are welcome. Lunch will […]
February 1, 2025
Faculty Workshop – Travis Quigley
Travis Quigley (Arizona) will discuss his paper, “The Case for Place-Based Liberalism.” Visitors are welcome. Lunch will be served. To attend, please email the director of the institute, Michael Douma, […]
December 10, 2024
Workshop on Teaching Professional Business Ethics
May 29 and 30, 2025 Agenda: Thursday: Session 1 – 9:00 am – 10:30 am: Overview: Rationale and Normative Core (Leader: Jason Brennan/John Hasnas) An explanation of the rationale undergirding […]
November 4, 2024 • McDonough School of Business
Business as a Force for Good: MBA Students Support Hurricane Helene Victims Through Ethics Project
Marshall Montgomery (MBA’25) has always been driven by a sense of purpose. That mindset is what led him to serve in the U.S. Army for seven years and later attracted […]
November 2, 2024
Legal Philosophy and Constitutional Theory Junior Scholar Conference
The Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics is co-sponsoring this event with the Georgetown Center for the Constitution. Please reach out to Arielle Vertsman <> with any […]
October 7, 2024 • Daily NOUS
New Editorial Team at Philosophy and Public Affairs
The new editor-in-chief of Philosophy & Public Affairs is Jason Brennan (McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University).
August 28, 2024
Faculty Workshop – Rebecca Lowe (Mercatus Center)
Title: “Speaking Freely and Speaking Truthfully” Abstract: I begin by accepting that speaking freely is probably the most valuable activity to the societal acquisition of truth. But I quickly conclude […]
August 28, 2024
Faculty Workshop – Samuel Director (University of Richmond)
Samuel Director, Assistant Professor at the University of Richmond, will present his work-in-progress titled “Nudging, It’s Not the What, It’s the Who” (This event has been POSTPONED until Spring 2025)
August 28, 2024
Faculty Workshop – Keith Hankins (Chapman University)
Dr. Keith Hankins will present a paper titled “Four Dimensions of Realism in Normative Political Theory” Abstract: It has become common for political theorists to distinguish between two broad approaches […]
August 28, 2024
Faculty Workshop – Grant Rozeboom (St. Mary’s)
Grant Rozeboom will present his paper titled “Equality as an Aim of Markets.” This paper is part of a book project laying out a systematic view of the ideal of […]
August 28, 2024 • Oxford University Press
Common Law Liberalism: A New Theory of the Libertarian Society (Oxford University Press, 2024)
The common law can provide all rules necessary to sustain a peaceful, prosperous, liberal society.
August 28, 2024
Common Law Liberalism (Oxford University Press, 2024)
In conventional political philosophy, law is understood as consciously created rules that are a necessary mechanism for regulating the excesses of the free market. Although coercive in nature, law is […]
August 19, 2024 • Springer
“Diversity and Group Performance,” Encyclopedia of Diversity, Springer, 2024
August 18, 2024
Common Law Liberalism (Oxford University Press, 2024)
In conventional political philosophy, law is understood as consciously created rules that are a necessary mechanism for regulating the excesses of the free market. Although coercive in nature, law is […]
August 18, 2024 • Reason Magazine
“Online Sports Betting Giants Place Their Bets Against Growing Rivals”
Online sports betting companies are using the same legal playbook that once threatened their operations to eliminate competitors.
August 18, 2024 • Social Philosophy and Policy
“‘Get a Job and Pay More Taxes!’: What Utopophiles Must Say to the Western Poor”
