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4 Nov 2014, 8:00 am
As political philosopher Jason Brennan argues, voters have a moral duty to be at least reasonably well-informed about the issues they vote on, because the decisions they make affect not just themselves but all of society. [read post]
30 Oct 2014, 12:02 pm
Georgetown political philosopher Jason Brennan, author of The Ethics of Voting, has an excellent post refuting the oft-heard mantra that “if you don’t vote, you have no right to complain. [read post]
15 Oct 2014, 8:23 am by Joe May
Missouri: “Ethics complaint filed over lobbyist gifts to Missouri lawmakers” by Jason Hancock in the Kansas City Star. [read post]
19 Sep 2014, 2:18 pm
Georgetown political theorist Jason Brennan, author of the excellent book The Ethics of Voting, makes a strong case that the United States should do the same thing: Scotland decided to trust its 16-year-olds to vote in the biggest question in its history when the country headed to the polls this week for a referendum on independence. [read post]
24 Jun 2014, 7:43 am by Joe May
Campaign Finance “A New Era for Pay-to-Play” by Jason Abel on Rick Hasen’s Election Law Blog. [read post]
20 Jun 2014, 12:39 pm
Georgetown philosopher Jason Brennan and Australian political scientist Lisa Hill’s recent book Compulsory Voting: For and Against is the best and most thorough recent contribution to the literature on this subject. [read post]
10 Apr 2014, 8:32 pm by Ron Friedmann
So in March I spoke with DTI executives Christopher Aronson and Jason Brennan. [read post]
28 Feb 2014, 7:45 am
March 7, 8-9:30 AM, Public Choice Society annual conference, panel on “The Problem of Political Ignorance,” Charleston, SC: “Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter,” panel on my book of the same name, with presentations by Jason Brennan (Georgetown), Michael Munger (Duke), and Fernando Teson (Florida State). [read post]
2 Jan 2014, 12:45 pm by Ilya Somin
In my view, like Jason Brennan’s, voters have a moral obligation to be at least minimally informed. [read post]
21 Oct 2013, 4:56 pm by Ilya Somin
As Jason Brennan recognizes, there are other possible objections to designer babies that are unrelated to inequality. [read post]
3 Oct 2013, 8:00 am by Ilya Somin
Interested readers may also wish to check out this very early short review of the book by Georgetown political philosopher Jason Brennan, author of The Ethics of Voting, at the Bleeding Heart Libertarians blog. [read post]
2 Jul 2013, 1:41 pm
The other day, I was blogging about tags, and somebody asked what are all the tags. [read post]
13 Jun 2013, 6:37 am by Brian Leiter
Jason Brennan baited me awhile back on Facebook with this piece of nonsense from the man who may well be the least competent and most ignorant "professional philosopher" in the Western world, Santiago Zabala. [read post]
22 May 2013, 2:37 pm by David Friedman
It comes up in details of what they write, such as Jason Brennan’s use of  the phrase “minimally decent lives,” a term I have been describing as dishonest mush. [read post]
21 May 2013, 10:33 am by David Friedman
Jason Brennan has now responded to my criticism. [read post]
18 May 2013, 9:08 pm by David Friedman
In a recent post, I took issue with Jason Brennan's claim that "You might be a cartoon libertarian if: 1. [read post]
15 May 2013, 2:01 pm by David Friedman
(From Jason Brennan’s Facebook page)"social justice is a moral standard by which the institutions of a  society can be evaluated on the basis of how well they serve the  interests of the poor and least advantaged." [read post]