January 26, 2026
Symposium on The Ethics of Civil Liability
More information about this event will be forthcoming.
January 20, 2026
Faculty Workshop – Samuel Schmitt (Brown University)
Topic TBA. In the Hariri building, room 570. Lunch will be served. To register to attend, please email the director of the institute, Michael Douma, at
January 20, 2026
Faculty Workshop – Sahar Akhtar (Georgetown University)
Topic TBA. In the Hariri building, room 570. Lunch will be served. To register to attend, please email the director of the institute, Michael Douma, at
January 20, 2026
Faculty Workshop – Mark Hoipkemier (Notre Dame)
Topic TBA. In the Hariri building, room 570. Lunch will be served. To register to attend, please email the director of the institute, Michael Douma, at
January 20, 2026
Faculty Workshop – Luke Semrau (Bloomsburg University)
Topic TBA. In the Hariri building, room 570. Lunch will be served. To register to attend, please email the director of the institute, Michael Douma, at
January 20, 2026
Faculty Workshop – John Hasnas (Georgetown)
John Hasnas will present his paper “Second Thoughts About First Principles: A Critique of the Contemporary Conception of the Principle of Legality.” The workshop will be held in the Hariri […]
January 15, 2026
Symposium on the Ethics of Historical Research and Writing
The event brings together specialists from a variety of fields including history, philosophy, and anthropology to consider how history and normative ethics interact. The event is free and open to […]
January 15, 2026 • Time
How Plasma Donations are Helping to Pay Some Americans’ Bills – and Treat Patients Around the World
There are only five countries that collect enough plasma donations domestically to meet the needs of their own patients: the U.S., Germany, Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, according to […]
December 5, 2025
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 12, 2025
Faculty Workshop – Peter Jaworski
Peter Jaworski (Georgetown/ GISME) will present a paper titled “Paid and Priceless: Toward an ethics-first theory of commodity identification.” Guests are welcome. Lunch will be provided. To reserve a spot, […]
October 7, 2025
Ethical Development of Startups and Ventures: Bridging Economics, Ethics, and Entrepreneurship
Join us from 3:30-5pm on Friday, November 7th in Hariri 160 for a panel discussion and networking event with The Hilltop Microfinance Initiative. The HMFI, in partnership with the Georgetown […]
September 5, 2025 • Oxford University Press
Debating Libertarianism: What Makes Society Just?
Debating Libertarianism offers readers a sustained debate between two leading political philosophers over which vision of society–Rawlsian left-liberalism or libertarianism–is best and most just. In this crucial and timely book, […]
September 5, 2025 • Routledge Books
Questioning the Assumptions of Political Discourse A Philosophical Analysis of Fundamental Concepts (2025)
Much of our contemporary political discourse rests on unquestioned assumptions. This book questions these underlying assumptions and offers new answers.
September 5, 2025
Questioning the Assumptions of Political Discourse: A Philosophical Analysis of Fundamental Concepts
Much of our contemporary political discourse rests on unquestioned assumptions. This book questions these underlying assumptions and then offers new, unconventional answers. Disputes over how to use government power assume […]
September 5, 2025 • BBC World Service
America: The human plasma factory
Journalist Kathleen McLaughlin needs $15,000-a-dose medication to treat her rare autoimmune condition. While she sits for hours at a time, just down the block is one of over 1000 commercial […]
August 8, 2025
Symposium on the Ethics of Free Inquiry on the University Campus
To be held in Hariri, room 360. The public is welcome to attend. Agenda at a Glance 8:15 – 8:30 am – | Welcome John Hasnas, Executive Director, Georgetown Institute […]
August 8, 2025
Faculty Workshop – Carmen Pavel
To be held in Hariri, room 570. Carmen Pavel (King’s College London) will present her paper titled “Ethical Expertise in Public Policy“. Lunch will be served. To attend, please email […]
August 8, 2025
Faculty Workshop – Bas Van der Vossen
To be held in Hariri, room 570. Bas Van der Vossen (Chapman Unviersity) will present a paper titled “Affirmative Action and Liberal Rights”. Lunch will be served. To attend, please […]
August 8, 2025
Faculty Workshop – Joseph Porter
To be held in Hariri, room 570. We will discuss Joseph Porter’s paper, titled “Is Democracy the Most Stable Political System”. Lunch will be served. To attend, please email the […]
August 8, 2025
Faculty Workshop – Allyson Rosenblum and John Hasnas
To be held in Hariri, room 570. The paper is titled “The Nature of the Right to Die”. Lunch will be served. To attend, please email the director of the […]
August 8, 2025
Faculty Workshop – Sahar Akhtar
To be held in Hariri, room 570. Sahar Akhtar (Georgetown University) will present a paper titled “Merit, Demeaning Actions, and Reaction Qualifications.” Lunch will be served. To attend, please email […]
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 […]