Justice by Lottery

by Barbara Goodwin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226303950
• ISBN13: 9780226303956
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.1"