John Hasnas

John Hasnas is a professor of law (by courtesy) at Georgetown University Law Center, a professor of business at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, and the executive director of the Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics. Professor Hasnas has held previous appointments as associate professor of law at George Mason University School of Law, visiting associate professor of law at Duke University School of Law and the Washington College of Law at American University, and Law and Humanities Fellow at Temple University School of Law. Professor Hasnas has also been a visiting scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics in Washington, DC and the Social Philosophy and Policy Center in Bowling Green, Ohio.

He received his B.A. in Philosophy from Lafayette College, his J.D. and Ph.D. in Legal Philosophy from Duke University, and his LL.M. in Legal Education from Temple Law School. His scholarship concerns ethics and white collar crime, jurisprudence, and legal history.

John Hasnas

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7/21/23

Why Libertarians Should Admire Universities’ and Colleges’ Disingenuousness about Affirmative Action

“I regard disingenuous efforts to continue the practice of racial and ethnic preferences to be the kind of noble action that libertarians should respect. The schools are simply making every effort they can to avoid the restrictions of what they consider an unjust law.” ~ John Hasnas
John Hasnas

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2/12/23

The Diversity Dodge

“Denying colleges and universities the right to base admission and hiring decisions on race, religion, sex, and ethnicity is not some fundamental moral requirement, but a necessary prophylactic against the temptation to advance the interests of socially favored groups over those of others.” ~ John Hasnas

John Hasnas

Why Libertarians Should Admire Universities’ and Colleges’ Disingenuousness about Affirmative Action

The Diversity Dodge