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Author:   Peter Stone (Faculty Fellow, Center for Ethics and Public Affairs, Faculty Fellow, Center for Ethics and Public Affairs, Tulane University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 15.70cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780199756100

ISBN 10:   0199756104
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   05 May 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part One: The Logic of Random Selection Chapter 1: Why Lotteries? 1. The School Board Tosses a Coin 2. Lotteries, Lotteries Everywhere . 3. Absurd yet Obvious 4. The Story So Far 5. The Argument to Come Chapter 2: What Do Lotteries Do? 1. What Is a Lottery? 2. Fundamental Features of Decision-Making 3. Decision-Making by Lottery 4. The Lottery Principle 5. Indeterminacy without Lotteries 6. Lotteries and Divination Part Two: Lotteries and Justice Chapter 3: Allocative Justice 1. The Relationship between Lotteries and Justice 2. The Just Lottery Rule 3. Consent, Opportunities, Expectations Chapter 4: Impartiality 1. What Does Allocative Justice Require? 2. Allocative Justice and Outcomes 3. Allocative Justice and Actions 4. Impartiality and Indeterminacy 5. The Right and the Good Chapter 5: The Implications of Impartiality 1. The Nature of the Impartiality Principle 2. Theories of Justice 3. Alternatives to Random Selection Part Three: Lotteries beyond Justice Chapter 6: The Idea of Sortition 1. Sortition in Practice 2. Sortition and Justice 3. Incentive Alignment 4. Descriptive Representation 5. Random Selection in Other Contexts Chapter 7: Conclusion

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<br> The Luck of the Draw challenges traditional views of lotteries and offers an original perspective that is both nuanced and well-reasoned. Through an impressive mix of theoretical insight and empirical analysis, Peter Stone makes a provocative and compelling case for their value for social decision-making. --Jack Knight, Professor of Political Science and Law, Duke University<p><br> An elegant and ultimately compelling book about the virtues of random selection in a wide range of contexts. --Geoffrey Brennan, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University<p><br>. ..an excellent read. --Economics and Philosophy<p><br>

<br> The Luck of the Draw challenges traditional views of lotteries and offers an original perspective that is both nuanced and well-reasoned. Through an impressive mix of theoretical insight and empirical analysis, Peter Stone makes a provocative and compelling case for their value for social decision-making. --Jack Knight, Professor of Political Science and Law, Duke University<p><br> An elegant and ultimately compelling book about the virtues of random selection in a wide range of contexts. --Geoffrey Brennan, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University<p><br>

Author Information

Peter Stone is Ussher Lecturer in Political Science at Trinity College Dublin. Before that he was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and a Faculty Fellow at Tulane University's Center for Ethics and Public Affairs. He has been researching the theory and practice of random selection for over a decade, and his work on the subject has been published in such journals as the Journal of Political Philosophy, Journal of Theoretical Politics, Political Theory, and Social Theory and Practice. He also works on broader issues relating to justice, democracy, and rationality.

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