The Egalitarian Quality of Lottocracy

• Jakobi, Julia ^[1]
  1. [1] Universitat de València

     Universitat de València

     Valencia, España

     
• Localización: Quaderns de filosofia, ISSN 2341-1414, Vol. 6, Nº. 2, 2019, págs. 43-61
• Idioma: inglés
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  • 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