Lottocracy Democracy Without Elections,9780198856368

Lottocracy Democracy Without Elections

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ISBN13: 9780198856368
ISBN10: 0198856369
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2025-01-03
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Author Biography

Alexander Guerrero, Rutgers University-New Brunswick

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.

Table of Contents

Part One: Problems with Electoral Democracy1. How to Evaluate Political Institutions2. Ignorance and The Voter Influence Dilemma3. Bad Press4. Vicious Partisanship5. Short-term Bias6. Unrepresentative Representatives7. Modest Reponses and Their LimitationsPart Two: Lottocracy: A New Kind of Democracy8. Introduction to the Use of Random Selection in Politics9. The Lottocratic Alternative10. Experts11. Deliberation and Discussion12. Single-Issue Legislatures13. Overcoming Ignorance, Improving Epistemic Performance14. Lessening Distortion, Improving Agential Performance15. Lottocracy, Democracy, Legitimacy, and Political Morality16. Lottocracy and Political Minorities17. Getting There from Here

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