Understanding Political Philosophy. Jason Brennan and Keith Knight

Jason Brennan (Ph.D., 2007, University of Arizona) is Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Chair and Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

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0:29 - Why do you believe Capitalism is morally superior to socialism?

2:23 - The case against egalitarianism

4:49 - The Problem of Political Authority - Authority and Legitimacy

8:08 - Do you support gun control?

11:48 - Who holds more moral culpability for government atrocities? Police or politicians?

14:02 - How can immoral institutions last so long?

16:30 - Why are governments held to different moral standards? The Monopoly argument

19:35 - Why are some countries rich, and others poor?

25:38 - Inequality revisited

26:30 - The lack of humility in politics

30:10 - John Rawls - Rebuttal

33:38 - Trump Derangement Syndrome & Giving government a pass

36:45 - Most important thing you learned from David Hueme