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Lottocracy addresses systemic problems with modern democractic politics by arguing for a shift from using elected representatives to using representatives selected through lotteries. Alexander Guerrero introduces and discusses lottocratic systems, their potential advantages, and potential concerns.
List of contents
- Part One: Problems with Electoral Democracy
- 1: How to Evaluate Political Institutions
- 2: Ignorance and The Voter Influence Dilemma
- 3: Bad Press
- 4: Vicious Partisanship
- 5: Short-term Bias
- 6: Unrepresentative Representatives
- 7: Modest Reponses and Their Limitations
- Part Two: Lottocracy: A New Kind of Democracy
- 8: Introduction to the Use of Random Selection in Politics
- 9: The Lottocratic Alternative
- 10: Experts
- 11: Deliberation and Discussion
- 12: Single-Issue Legislatures
- 13: Overcoming Ignorance, Improving Epistemic Performance
- 14: Lessening Distortion, Improving Agential Performance
- 15: Lottocracy, Democracy, Legitimacy, and Political Morality
- 16: Lottocracy and Political Minorities
- 17: Getting There from Here
About the author
Alexander Guerrero is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. He writes about topics in moral philosophy, political philosophy, legal philosophy, and issues in epistemology that intersect with those areas. He is the recipient of the Lebowitz Prize from the American Philosophical Association and Phi Beta Kappa. He regularly teaches courses in African Philosophy, Chinese Philosophy, Latin American Philosophy, and Native American and Indigenous Philosophy. He is Editor-in-Chief of Philosophy Compass and an Associate Editor of Ethics. He has a JD from NYU School of Law, a PhD from NYU, and an AB from Harvard College.
Summary
Lottocracy addresses systemic problems with modern democractic politics by arguing for a shift from using elected representatives to using representatives selected through lotteries. Alexander Guerrero introduces and discusses lottocratic systems, their potential advantages, and potential concerns.
