Gary Chartier

My motto these days is, "Give peace a chance." I hope my writing and speaking can help people find ways to craft patterns of life marked by peaceful, voluntary cooperation. Everything I've published to date has been non-fiction. I write about law, politics, ethics, and religion, largely from a philosophical perspective. Politically, I'm a left-wing market anarchist. My day job is as associate dean of La Sierra University's School of Business. At La Sierra, I teach courses in business ethics, global poverty, employee and labor relations, religion and science, political philosophy, and social theory. On a more personal level: I'm sentimental and nostalgic. I'm an insomniac, an early riser, a geek, a technophile, and a vegetarian. I abhor positional authority. Friendship is central to who I am. Born in Glendale, I've lived in SoCal most of my life and it still moves and excites me. My wonderful wife Alicia and I enjoying long-arc TV, independent flicks, and being flaneurs. And we read, and read, and read.