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Because lotteries are used in many societies to resolve issues and perhaps because of recent discussion of the use of the lottery to allocate school places, this is a hot issue which raises fundamental questions about democracy and choice . I was left thinking that when we allow ourselves to be mastered by chance, perhaps we are closer to admitting the limits of human knowledge and capability, and thus perhaps we are more genuinely close to an almost spiritual acceptance of fate . -- Andy Lancaster Bookbag Lotteries appear often to have been derived from historical cultural circumstance, from the legacy of the past, sometimes even a distant past which consigned choice to magic and fate, through rituals of divination and the interpretations of signs by the oracle. -- Andy Lancaster Book bag

Because lotteries are used in many societies to resolve issues and perhaps because of recent discussion of the use of the lottery to allocate school places, this is a hot issue which raises fundamental questions about democracy and choice... I was left thinking that when we allow ourselves to be mastered by chance, perhaps we are closer to admitting the limits of human knowledge and capability, and thus perhaps we are more genuinely close to an almost spiritual acceptance of fate. -- Andy Lancaster Bookbag

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Peter Stone is Lecturer in Political Science at Trinity College, Dublin. Previously he has taught Political Science at Stanford University and held a Faculty Fellowship at Tulane University's Center for Ethics and Public Affairs in New Orleans. His publications include The Luck of the Draw: The Role of Lotteries in Decision Making (OUP 2011).

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