Jason Brennan beschäftigt sich mit Ethik, Wirtschaft und öffentlicher Politik. Seine Arbeit untersucht die philosophischen Grundlagen von Gesellschaft und Politik und erforscht, wie sowohl Einzelpersonen als auch Institutionen moralischer handeln können. Mit seinen Schriften möchte er tiefere Reflexionen über komplexe Themen anregen und die Leser ermutigen, aufgeklärtere Lösungen zu suchen.
Jason Brennan fordert eine Neubewertung der Demokratie nach ihren Ergebnissen, die oft unzufriedenstellend sind. Er kritisiert, dass uninformierte Wähler Entscheidungen beeinflussen und plädiert für ein Wahlrecht, das nur verantwortungsvollen, informierten Bürgern zusteht. Eine Epistokratie, die Wissende an die Macht bringt, sieht er als bessere Regierungsform.
Jason Brennan erhebt eine provokante Forderung: Die Demokratie soll endlich nach ihren Ergebnissen beurteilt werden. Und die sind keineswegs überzeugend. Demokratie führt oft dazu, dass lautstarke Meinungsmacher den Bürgern ihre fatalen Entscheidungen aufzwingen. Zumal die Mehrheit der Wähler uninformiert ist, grundlegende ökonomische und politische Zusammenhänge nicht begreift, aber dennoch maßgeblich Einfluss auf die Politik ausübt. Wir sollten anerkennen, dass das Wahlrecht kein universales Menschenrecht ist, sondern nur verantwortungsvollen, informierten Menschen mit politischen Kompetenzen zusteht. Mit Verve und anhand prägnanter Beispiele zeigt Brennan, dass eine gemäßigte Epistokratie – eine Herrschaft der Wissenden – die sinnvollere Regierungsform im 21. Jahrhundert ist.
How Financial Incentives Corrupted and Can Fix the US Criminal Justice System
The book systematically analyzes the flaws in the American criminal justice system and presents actionable reform proposals. It emphasizes the need to rethink financial responsibilities, appointment processes, punishment methods, and the definition of criminal behavior. By addressing these areas, it aims to transform the US into a nation that ensures justice for everyone.
Challenges our assumptions about voting, revealing why it is not a duty for most citizens. This title explains why voting is not necessarily the best way for citizens to exercise their civic duty, and why some citizens need to stay away from the polls to protect the democratic process from their uninformed, irrational, or immoral votes.
Read it, and you will come away ready to hit the ground running.
A clear and concise roadmap for ethical business behavior using commonsense moral principlesBusiness Ethics for Better Behavior concisely answers the three most pressing ethical questions business professionals What makes business practices right or wrong?; Why do normal, decent businesspeople of good will sometimes do the wrong thing?; and How can we use the answer to these questions to get ourselves, our coworkers, our bosses, and our employees to behave better?Bad behavior in business rarely results from bad will. Most people mean well much of the time. But most of us are vulnerable. We all fall into moral traps, usually without even noticing.Business Ethics for Better Behavior teaches business professionals, students, and other readers how to become aware of those traps, how to avoid them, and how to dig their way out if they fall in. It integrates the best work in psychology, economics, management theory, and normative philosophy into a simple action plan for ensuring the best ethical performance at all levels of business practice. This is a book anyone in business, from an entry-level employee to CEO, can use.
Jason Brennan presents a compelling argument that aspiring to wealth and enjoying the benefits of being rich are not only acceptable but also positive pursuits. He challenges societal norms around wealth and encourages readers to embrace their desires for financial success without guilt. Through his insights, he aims to reshape the conversation about money, highlighting its potential to enhance life experiences and promote personal freedom.
With the rise of the Tea Party movement, libertarian principles have risen to the forefront of Republican politics. But libertarianism is more than the philosophy of individual freedom and unfettered markets that Republicans have embraced. Brennan offers a nuanced portrait of libertarianism, proceeding through a series of questions to illuminate the essential elements of libertarianism and the problems the philosophy addresses, and overturns numerous misconceptions.
The economist Albert O. Hirschman famously argued that citizens of democracies have only three possible responses to injustice or wrongdoing by their government: we may leave, complain, or comply. But in When All Else Fails, Jason Brennan argues that there is fourth option. When governments violate our rights, we may resist. We may even have a moral duty to do so. For centuries, almost everyone has believed that we must allow the government and its representatives to act without interference, no matter how they behave. We may complain, protest, sue, or vote officials out, but we can't fight back. But Brennan makes the case that we have no duty to allow the state or its agents to commit injustice. We have every right to react with acts of "uncivil disobedience." We may resist arrest for violation of unjust laws. We may disobey orders, sabotage government property, or reveal classified information. We may deceive ignorant, irrational, or malicious voters. We may even use force in self-defense or to defend others. The result is a provocative challenge to long-held beliefs about how citizens may respond when government officials behave unjustly or abuse their power
In this expanded 2nd edition, Brennan responds to his critics throughout the book and provides two new, final chapters.