Dr. Bach-y-Rita holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from MIT, a J.D. from Stanford Law School, and an A.B. from Princeton University, where he graduated with highest honors. His MIT dissertation worked at the intersection of ethics, biology, and technology, and he has published on intellectual property, bankruptcy law, and the nature of legal causation. He is a former member of the board of directors of the Prison University Project (now Mount Tamalpais College), an independent liberal arts college operating in San Quentin State Prison in California. He co-founded Reason & Rationality in 2023.