# Why Property Rights? **URL:** **By** Jason Brennan **Published:** September 10, 2021 --- Jason Brennan considers property rights: what they are, what justifies them, and what sorts of social problems they help avoid. Jason Brennan considers property rights: what they are, what justifies them, and what sorts of social problems they help avoid. ### 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.