Week 18: Guerrero (2014) 'The Lottocracy' and Brennan (2016) 'Against Democracy'

 

DQ1. Explain what is meant by (i) "epistocracy", (ii) "plural voting" and (iii) "weighted voting". Is the basic idea of epistocracy a good one or a bad one? Could there be a form of epistocracy that would actually work in practice?

 

DQ2. Explain what is meant by “lottocracy”. Is the basic idea of lottocracy a good one or a bad one? Could there be a form of lottocracy that would actually work in practice?

 

(Optional) DQ3. Explain what is meant by "quadratic voting". Is the basic idea of quadratic voting a good one or a bad one? Could it actually work in practice?