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Largely, this is because lottery-based decisions arenot based upon reasons. In fact, lotteries actively prevent reason from playing a role in decision making at all. Over the years, people have devoted considerable effort tosolving this paradox and thinking about the legitimacy of lotteries as a whole.

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From the earliest times, people have used lotteries to make decisions--by drawing straws, tossing coins, picking names out of hats, and so on. We use lotteries to place citizens on juries, draft men into armies, assign students to schools, and even on very rare occasions, select lifeboat survivors to be eaten. Lotteries make a great deal of sense in all of these cases, and yet there is something absurd about them. Largely, this is because lottery-based decisions are not based upon reasons. In fact, lotteries actively prevent reason from playing a role in decision making at all. Over the years, people have devoted considerable effort to solving this paradox and thinking about the legitimacy of lotteries as a whole. However, these scholars have mainly focused on lotteries on a case-by-case basis, not as a part of a comprehensive political theory of lotteries. In The Luck of the Draw, Peter Stone surveys the variety of arguments proffered for and against lotteries and argues that they only have one true effect relevant to decision making: the "sanitizing effect" of preventing decisions from being made on the basis of reasons. While this rationale might sound strange to us, Stone contends that in many instances, it is vital that decisions be made without the use of reasons. By developing innovative principles for the use of lottery-based decision making, Stone lays a foundation for understanding when it is--and when it is not--appropriate to draw lots when making political decisions both large and small.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199756104
ISBN-13
9780199756100
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99583376

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Author
Peter Stone
Publication Name
Luck of the Draw : the Role of Lotteries in Decision Making
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
208 Pages

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Item Length
6.2in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
9.3in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz

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Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Hg6111.S76 2011
Reviews
"The Luck of the Draw challenges traditional views of lotteries and offers an original perspective that is both nuanced and well-reasoned. Through an impressive mix of theoretical insight and empirical analysis, Peter Stone makes a provocative and compelling case for their value for social decision-making."--Jack Knight, Professor of Political Science and Law, Duke University "An elegant and ultimately compelling book about the virtues of random selection in a wide range of contexts."--Geoffrey Brennan, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University "...an excellent read."--Economics and Philosophy, "The Luck of the Drawchallenges traditional views of lotteries and offers an original perspective that is both nuanced and well-reasoned. Through an impressive mix of theoretical insight and empirical analysis, Peter Stone makes a provocative and compelling case for their value for social decision-making."--Jack Knight, Professor of Political Science and Law, Duke University "An elegant and ultimately compelling book about the virtues of random selection in a wide range of contexts."--Geoffrey Brennan, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, "The Luck of the Draw challenges traditional views of lotteries and offers an original perspective that is both nuanced and well-reasoned. Through an impressive mix of theoretical insight and empirical analysis, Peter Stone makes a provocative and compelling case for their value for social decision-making."--Jack Knight, Professor of Political Science and Law, Duke University"An elegant and ultimately compelling book about the virtues of random selection in a wide range of contexts."--Geoffrey Brennan, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University"...an excellent read."--Economics and Philosophy
Table of Content
Part One: The Logic of Random Selection Chapter 1: Why Lotteries? 1. The School Board Tosses a Coin 2. Lotteries, Lotteries Everywhere . 3. Absurd yet Obvious 4. The Story So Far 5. The Argument to Come Chapter 2: What Do Lotteries Do? 1. What Is a Lottery? 2. Fundamental Features of Decision-Making 3. Decision-Making by Lottery 4. The Lottery Principle 5. Indeterminacy without Lotteries 6. Lotteries and Divination Part Two: Lotteries and Justice Chapter 3: Allocative Justice 1. The Relationship between Lotteries and Justice 2. The Just Lottery Rule 3. Consent, Opportunities, Expectations Chapter 4: Impartiality 1. What Does Allocative Justice Require? 2. Allocative Justice and Outcomes 3. Allocative Justice and Actions 4. Impartiality and Indeterminacy 5. The Right and the Good Chapter 5: The Implications of Impartiality 1. The Nature of the Impartiality Principle 2. Theories of Justice 3. Alternatives to Random Selection Part Three: Lotteries beyond Justice Chapter 6: The Idea of Sortition 1. Sortition in Practice 2. Sortition and Justice 3. Incentive Alignment 4. Descriptive Representation 5. Random Selection in Other Contexts Chapter 7: Conclusion, Part One: The Logic of Random Selection Chapter 1: Why Lotteries? 1. The School Board Tosses a Coin 2. Lotteries, Lotteries Everywhere .3. Absurd yet Obvious 4. The Story So Far 5. The Argument to Come Chapter 2: What Do Lotteries Do? 1. What Is a Lottery? 2. Fundamental Features of Decision-Making 3. Decision-Making by Lottery 4. The Lottery Principle 5. Indeterminacy without Lotteries 6. Lotteries and Divination Part Two: Lotteries and Justice Chapter 3: Allocative Justice 1. The Relationship between Lotteries and Justice 2. The Just Lottery Rule 3. Consent, Opportunities, Expectations Chapter 4: Impartiality 1. What Does Allocative Justice Require? 2. Allocative Justice and Outcomes 3. Allocative Justice and Actions 4. Impartiality and Indeterminacy 5. The Right and the Good Chapter 5: The Implications of Impartiality 1. The Nature of the Impartiality Principle 2. Theories of Justice 3. Alternatives to Random SelectionPart Three: Lotteries beyond Justice Chapter 6: The Idea of Sortition 1. Sortition in Practice 2. Sortition and Justice 3. Incentive Alignment 4. Descriptive Representation 5. Random Selection in Other Contexts Chapter 7: Conclusion
Copyright Date
2011
Topic
Gambling / Lotteries, Decision-Making & Problem Solving, History & Theory, General, Logic
Lccn
2010-037607
Dewey Decimal
320.6
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Games & Activities, Education, Philosophy, Political Science

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