9781845400255: Justice by Lottery

Synopsis

This book is about the virtues and social justice of random distribution. The first chapter is a utopian fragment about a future country, Aleatoria, where everything, including political power, jobs and money, is distributed by lottery. The rest of the book is devoted to considering the idea of the lottery in terms of the conventional components and assumptions of theories of justice, and to reviewing the possible applications of lottery distribution in contemporary society. This revised second edition includes a new introduction.

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À propos de l'auteur

Barbara Goodwin is Professor of Politics and Dean of the School of Economics and Social Studies at the University of East Anglia. She is the author and editor of many books, including Using Political Ideas and The Philosophy of Utopia.

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