Alex Guerrero on Democracy by Lottery
On this episode of Free Range, host Mike Livermore is joined by Alex Guerrero, a philosophy professor at Rutgers who writes in moral and political philosophy. Guerrero is a leading philosophical defender of the idea of lottocracy—the practice of choosing political leaders through lottery rather than elections.
Episode is an appropriate teaching tool for but not limited to the following topics & courses: philosophy, government, politics, environmental politics
Discussion Questions
- What are some of the benefits of democracy by lottery in comparison to our current system?
- Is it more likely that lottocracy would bring diligent and thoughtful citizens or instead the opposite type of citizen?
- How does democracy by lottery enable frequently unheard voices to be represented?
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