| Region: | Western philosophy |
| Era: | 21st-century philosophy |
| Jason Brennan | |
| Birth Name: | Jason F. Brennan |
| Alma Mater: | University of Arizona |
| School Tradition: | Analytic Libertarianism Arizona School liberalism |
| Institutions: | Georgetown University |
| Main Interests: | Political philosophy Applied ethics Democratic theoryLibertarianism |
| Notable Ideas: | Ethics of voting |
| Influences: | David Schmidtz, Bryan Caplan, Robert Nozick |
Jason F. Brennan (born 1979) is an American philosopher and business professor. He is the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.[1]
Brennan writes about democratic theory, the ethics of voting, competence and power, freedom, and the moral foundations of commercial society.[2] His work focuses on the intersection of normative political philosophy and the empirical social sciences, especially on questions about voter behavior, pathologies of democracy, and the consequences of freedom. He argues that most citizens have a moral obligation not to vote.[3]
Brennan grew up in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, and Hudson, New Hampshire. He attended Case Western Reserve University and the University of New Hampshire as an undergraduate. He earned his Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Arizona under the direction of David Schmidtz.
From 2006 to 2011, he was a research fellow at the Political Theory Project, and later assistant professor of philosophy at Brown University.