# What Are Rights? **URL:** **Published:** September 10, 2021 --- Jason Brennan discusses what rights are and contrasts rights-based thinking about ethics with utilitarian thinking. Jason Brennan discusses what rights are and contrasts rights-based thinking about ethics with utilitarian thinking. ### Political Philosophy: An Introduction Media Name: political\_philosophy\_brennan\_cover.jpg [https://www.libertarianism.org/books/political-philosophy-introduction](https://www.libertarianism.org/books/political-philosophy-introduction) This book serves as an introduction to some of the major theories of justice, to the arguments philosophers have made for and against these theories, and, ultimately, to how to be more thoughtful and rigorous in your own thinking.