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, […]

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 […]










June 15, 2022 • Divided We Fall

The Impact of Voter Turnout on Polarization

Will Increasing Turnout So Everyone Votes Reduce Polarization and Extreme Partisanship? Will Increasing Turnout So Everyone Votes Reduce Polarization and Extreme Partisanship? By Michael Neblo, Jason Brennan, and Whitney Quesenbery. Engaging Constituents is […]


May 4, 2022 • SAGE Publishing

Why not anarchism?

Recent debates over ideal theory have reinvigorated interest in the question of anarchy.

May 2, 2022 • E-International Relations

Interview with E-International Relations

Where do you see the most exciting research/debates happening in your field? Let’s talk specifically about democratic theory. Over on the normative side, that is, the side that is trying […]



March 28, 2022 • Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy

Why Paternalists Must Endorse Epistocracy

Recent findings from psychology and behavioral economics suggest that we are “predictably irrational” in the pursuit of our interests.

February 1, 2022 • Reason Magazine

Against Champagne Socialists

Why Bernie Sanders, Hasan Piker, and Elizabeth Warren should open their wallets before they open their mouths By Jason Brennan and Christopher Freiman It’s been a bad year in public […]

January 19, 2022 • 1517 Fund

Subversion with 1517

Jason Brennan on When You Can Violently Resist the Government