Justice by Lottery

Name: Justice by Lottery
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ISBN: 9780226303956

ISBN-10: 0226303950

ISBN-13: 9780226303956

Edition: 1992

Authors: Barbara Goodwin

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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,…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 12/30/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface to the Second Edition



Preamble



Fragment from the Future



Justice and the Lottery



The Process



Are Lotteries Just?



Towards Equality



The Theory of the Lottery



Applications



A More Modest Proposal



The Lottery in Practice



The Lottery As Justice



Theories of Social Justice



Conclusions



The Lottery Revisited