JUSTICE BY LOTTERY (PAPER) by Barbara Goodwin ( 9780226303956 )

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JUSTICE BY LOTTERY (PAPER)

By:

Barbara Goodwin

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0226303950

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9780226303956

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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

Pub. date:

1 October, 1992

Pages:

224

Synopsis:

In this imaginative and provocative book, Barbara Goodwin explores the question of how lottery systems can achieve egalitarian social justice in societies with seemingly ineradicable inequalities. She begins with the utopian fable of Aleatoria, a country not unlike our own in the not-too-distant-future, where most goods are distributed by lottery even the right to have children. She then analyzes the philosophical arguments for and against lottery distribution and a comparison of "justice by lottery" with other contemporary theories of justice. Goodwin also applies her theory to practical problems in the real world which could be or have been justly resolved by the use of lotteries, such as military drafts, jury duty, and immigration eligibility. She demonstrates that in many areas, including that of political power, a regular and random reallocation of goods would be a fairer and more democratic method than the distributive systems found in liberal democracies today."

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