Jason F. Brennan (born 1979) is an American philosopher and business professor. He is currently the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the

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. Brennan writes about democratic theory, the ethics of voting, competence and power, freedom, and the moral foundations of commercial society. 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.

Early life

Brennan grew up in

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, and Hudson, New Hampshire. He attended Case Western Reserve University and the

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as an undergraduate. He earned his Ph.D. in philosophy at the

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under the direction of David Schmidtz. From 2006 to 2011, he was a research fellow at the

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, and later assistant professor of philosophy at Brown University.

Books

* , with David Schmidtz * * * , with Lisa Hill * * , with Peter Jaworski * * * , with Bas van der Vossen * * , with Phil Magness * , with Chris W. Surprenant * * * , with William English, John Hasnas and Peter Jaworski * , with

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Early life

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