Taboo Topics and Truths with Professor Jason Brennan

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🗓️ 15 May 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

If you see a police officer choking someone to death … is it morally permissible to shoot the police officer to save the person?

Professor Jason Brennan from Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, argues that yes, it would indeed be just and morally permissible.

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Why people do not reason well when it comes to politics
How the democratic system could be improved
How politicians modify their behavior in order to mirror voters and win votes

Offer:
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Brennan focuses on issues that lie at the intersection of politics, philosophy, and economics, many of which are considered “taboo” by most.

In today's show, he discusses a number of his views, including why democracy is a flawed system, why “politics makes most people stupid,” his take on Brexit, and the differences between how voting is currently done and how it should be done.

Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C

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1:29.0	Richard Jacobs. Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast.
1:37.1	I have Jason Brennan. He's the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor.
1:41.7	He focuses on strategy, economics, ethics, and public policy. He's part of the McDonough School
1:46.3	of Business at Georgetown University. Are we going to talk about his work? So Jason, thanks for coming.
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