February 25, 2025 • McDonough School of Business

Office Hours: Evaluating the True Impact of Seemingly Good Acts

Featuring Jason Brennan
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

Teaching business ethics in an effective way presents a difficult challenge. Courses that focus on abstract philosophical ethics employ terminology and methodology that are not familiar to most business students. […]
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 […]
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 – 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 […]
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August 28, 2024

Common Law Liberalism (Oxford University Press, 2024)

By John Hasnas
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 […]
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August 18, 2024

Common Law Liberalism (Oxford University Press, 2024)

By John Hasnas
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 […]
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August 18, 2024

Symposium on The Ethics of the Rule of Law

The symposium will be held on Friday, November 22 in the McDonough School of Business’s Hariri Building (room 350) on the campus of Georgetown University. This event will be held […]
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