Peter Stone is Faculty Fellow in the Center for Ethics and Public Affairs at Tulane University. He has been researching the theory and practice of random selection for over a decade, and his work on the subject has been published in such journals as the Journal of Political Philosophy, Journal of Theoretical Politics, Political Theory, and Social Theory and Practice. He also works on broader issues relating to justice, democracy, and rationality.

• PART I: THE LOGIC OF RANDOM SELECTION; 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; 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 II: LOTTERIES AND JUSTICE; 1. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOTTERIES AND JUSTICE; 2. THE JUST LOTTERY RULE; 3. CONSENT, OPPORTUNITIES, EXPECTATIONS; 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; 1. THE NATURE OF THE IMPARTIALITY PRINCIPLE; 2. THEORIES OF JUSTICE; 3. ALTERNATIVES TO RANDOM SELECTION; PART III: LOTTERIES BEYOND JUSTICE; 1. SORTITION IN PRACTICE; 2. SORTITION AND JUSTICE; 3. INCENTIVE ALIGNMENT; 4. DESCRIPTIVE REPRESENTATION; 5. RANDOM SELECTION IN OTHER; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Stone does a wonderful job in unifying the discussion of scarce good lotteries under the umbrella of impartiality. ... the implementation of general criteria of justice ... is enough to make The Luck of Draw an excellent read.

Peter Stone is Faculty Fellow in the Center for Ethics and Public Affairs at Tulane University. He has been researching the theory and practice of random selection for over a decade, and his work on the subject has been published in such journals as the Journal of Political Philosophy, Journal of Theoretical Politics, Political Theory, and Social Theory and Practice. He also works on broader issues relating to justice, democracy, and rationality.

• PART I: THE LOGIC OF RANDOM SELECTION; 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; 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 II: LOTTERIES AND JUSTICE; 1. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOTTERIES AND JUSTICE; 2. THE JUST LOTTERY RULE; 3. CONSENT, OPPORTUNITIES, EXPECTATIONS; 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; 1. THE NATURE OF THE IMPARTIALITY PRINCIPLE; 2. THEORIES OF JUSTICE; 3. ALTERNATIVES TO RANDOM SELECTION; PART III: LOTTERIES BEYOND JUSTICE; 1. SORTITION IN PRACTICE; 2. SORTITION AND JUSTICE; 3. INCENTIVE ALIGNMENT; 4. DESCRIPTIVE REPRESENTATION; 5. RANDOM SELECTION IN OTHER; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Stone does a wonderful job in unifying the discussion of scarce good lotteries under the umbrella of impartiality. ... the implementation of general criteria of justice ... is enough to make The Luck of Draw an excellent read.

Peter Stone is Faculty Fellow in the Center for Ethics and Public Affairs at Tulane University. He has been researching the theory and practice of random selection for over a decade, and his work on the subject has been published in such journals as the Journal of Political Philosophy, Journal of Theoretical Politics, Political Theory, and Social Theory and Practice. He also works on broader issues relating to justice, democracy, and rationality.

• PART I: THE LOGIC OF RANDOM SELECTION; 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; 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 II: LOTTERIES AND JUSTICE; 1. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOTTERIES AND JUSTICE; 2. THE JUST LOTTERY RULE; 3. CONSENT, OPPORTUNITIES, EXPECTATIONS; 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; 1. THE NATURE OF THE IMPARTIALITY PRINCIPLE; 2. THEORIES OF JUSTICE; 3. ALTERNATIVES TO RANDOM SELECTION; PART III: LOTTERIES BEYOND JUSTICE; 1. SORTITION IN PRACTICE; 2. SORTITION AND JUSTICE; 3. INCENTIVE ALIGNMENT; 4. DESCRIPTIVE REPRESENTATION; 5. RANDOM SELECTION IN OTHER; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Stone does a wonderful job in unifying the discussion of scarce good lotteries under the umbrella of impartiality. ... the implementation of general criteria of justice ... is enough to make The Luck of Draw an excellent read.