The Egalitarian Quality of Lottocracy

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  • Julia Jakobi University of Hamburg

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https://doi.org/10.7203/qfia.6.2.16054

Abstract

Abstract. Recently, political models which employ lottery-selection instead of ballot voting have been proposed. Proponents argue that such lottocraticmodels can improve the representation of the population and reduce undemocratic influences. In this paper, I argue that these proposals also satisfy the egalitarian requirement of democracy. I claim that having an equal chance to be selected by lot is equally egalitarian as having an equally weighed vote for two reasons: first, having a chance to be selected by lot satisfies the requirement for political justicebetter than electoral democracy and second, it provides citizens with equal political influence and not merely equal impact.

Keywords: Lottocracy, Procedural Democracy, Political Equality, Political Fairness, Egalitarian Democracy

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Published

2019-11-26

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Jakobi, J. (2019). The Egalitarian Quality of Lottocracy. Quaderns De Filosofia, 6(2), 43–61. https://doi.org/10.7203/qfia.6.2.16054
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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2019)

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