Jan Narveson

Jan Narveson OC
Born	1936 (age 87–88) Erskine, Minnesota, US
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Classical liberalism libertarian anarchism contractarianism
Main interests	Political philosophy
Notable ideas	Contractarian libertarianism
Influences Thomas Hobbes David Gauthier Anthony de Jasay Robert Nozick

Jan Narveson OC (/ˈnɑːrvɪsən/; born 1936) is an American-Canadian political philosopher. He is the professor of philosophy emeritus at the University of Waterloo. He is an anarcho-capitalist and contractarian.

Works

• Morality and Utility, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1967.
• Moral Issues, Oxford University Press, 1983.
• Political Correctness: For and Against co-authored with Marilyn Friedman, Rowman & Littlefield, 1995.
• Moral Matters, 2nd ed., Broadview Press, 1999.
• The Libertarian Idea, Paperback edition (with new preface). Broadview Press, 2001. (Orig. pub.: Temple University Press, 1988)
• Respecting Persons in Theory and Practice: Essays on Moral and Political Philosophy, Rowman & Littlefield, 2002.
• You and the State, 2008.
• This is Ethical Theory, Open Court, 2010.
• Are Liberty and Equality Compatible?, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Other websites

• Homepage of Jan Narveson at the Univ. of Waterloo
• An interview with Jan Narveson about the philosophy of Robert Nozick Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine by Peter Jaworski
• A review of Narveson's The Libertarian Idea and Respecting Persons in Theory and Practice
• A debate between Narveson and Gary Francione on Radio Netherlands on the issue of animal rights.