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Dr. Peter Stone
Associate Professor, Political Science

Biography

Peter Stone received his B.A. in Political Science from Pennsylvania State University in 1993. While at Penn State, he completed a Senior Honors Thesis entitled "Towards the Empowerment of Labor: The Allende Experience." He then entered postgraduate study in Political Science at the University of Rochester, receiving an M.A. in 1996 and a Ph.D. in 2000. His Dissertation was entitled "The Luck of the Draw: Revisiting the Lot as a Democratic Institution." From 2003 to 2010 he was Assistant Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. He then spent a year as Faculty Fellow at Tulane University's Center for Ethics and Public Affairs before becoming Ussher Assistant Professor of Political Science (Political Theory) at Trinity College Dublin in fall 2011.

Stone specializes in political theory, especially such areas as democratic theory, theories of justice, rational choice theory, and the philosophy of social science. He is particularly concerned with questions involving the scope and limits of human reason. He is the author of The Luck of the Draw: The Role of Lotteries in Decision Making (Oxford University Press, 2011) and the editor of Lotteries in Public Life: A Reader (Imprint Academic, 2011). He has published articles in such peer-reviewed journals as the Journal of Political Philosophy, the Journal of Theoretical Politics, Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, Rationality and Society, Social Science Information, Social Theory and Practice, and Theory and Research in Education. He belongs to many professional societies including the American Political Science Association, the Association for Political Theory, the Bertrand Russell Society, the Political Studies Association, and the Political Studies Association of Ireland. When not working on political science, he enjoys swing dancing, the music of Leonard Cohen, and the occasional game of poker.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

John Garry, James Pow, Clifford Stevenson, and Peter Stone, Imaginative Policy Surveys in Divided Societies: Feasibility, Effect and Perceived Legitimacy, International Political Science Review, 45, (2), 2024, p243 - 260 Journal Article, 2024 DOI

Peter Stone and Audrey M. Plan, Trends in Theorizing Sortition, International Political Science Abstracts, 74, (2), 2024, p205 - 216 Journal Article, 2024 DOI

Peter Stone, Review of Splitsville USA: A Democratic Argument for Breaking Up the United States, by Christopher F. Zurn , Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 2024 Review, 2024 TARA - Full Text URL

Peter Stone, Popular Rule without Popular Sovereigny, Democratic Theory, 2024 Journal Article, 2024

From Deliberative Systems to Democracy in, editor(s)Min Reuchamps and Yanina Welp , Deliberative Constitution-Making: Opportunities and Challenges, Oxon, Routledge, 2024, pp47 - 59, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2024 URL DOI

Peter Stone, In the Shadow of Rawls: Egalitarianism Today, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 25, (1), 2022, p157 - 168 Review Article, 2022 DOI

Peter Stone, Open Democracy versus Popular Rule, Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 18, (1), 2022, p5 - 5 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Stone, Peter and Malkopoulou, Anthoula, Allotted Chambers as Defenders of Democracy, Constellations, 29, (3), 2022, p296 - 309 Journal Article, 2022 DOI URL

Democracy and Equality of Opportunity in, editor(s)Mitja Sardoč, Michael A. Peters, and Les Jacobs , Handbook of Equality of Opportunity, Heidelberg, Springer, 2022, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2022 DOI

Peter StoneTim Madigan, Bertrand Russell, Public Intellectual, 2, Rochester, NY, Tiger Bark Press, 2021, 1 - 337pp Book, 2021 URL

Democracy in Ireland: Theory and Practice in, editor(s)David M. Farrell and Niamh Hardiman , The Oxford Handbook of Irish Politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2021, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2021 DOI URL

"But There Are Always Exceptions:" An Interview with Noam Chomsky in, editor(s)Tim Madigan and Peter Stone , Bertrand Russell, Public Intellectual, Rochester, NY, Tiger Bark Press, 2021, pp321 - 333, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2021 URL

Chomsky and Russell Revisited in, editor(s)Tim Madigan and Peter Stone , Bertrand Russell, Public Intellectual, Rochester, NY, Tiger Bark Press, 2021, pp299 - 320, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2021 URL

Peter Stone, Ideal Theory: True and False, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 24, (1), 2021, p375 - 380 Review Article, 2021 URL DOI

Sortition and Mini-Publics: A Different Kind of Representation in, editor(s)Robert Rohrschneider and Jacques Thomassen , Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2020, [David M. Farrell and Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2020 DOI URL

Clodagh Harris, Laura Cahillane, David M. Farrell, Peter Stone, and Jane Suiter, Country Report: Ireland, COST Action CA17135: Constitution-Making & Deliberative Democracy, August, 2020, 1-11 Report, 2020 URL

Peter Stone, The Elephant in the Room, International Dialogue, A Multidisciplinary Journal of World Affairs, 9, 2019, p85 - 97 Review Article, 2019 DOI URL

Theorizing Presidential Rotation in, editor(s)Alexander Baturo and Robert Elgie , The Politics of Presidential Term Limits, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2019, pp19 - 36, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2019

Democratic Equality and Militant Democracy in, editor(s)Anthoula Malkopoulou and Alexander S. Kirshner , Militant Democracy and Its Critics: Populism, Parties, Extremism, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2019, pp38 - 55, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2019

Russell's Literary Approach to History in, editor(s)Russell Wahl , Bloomsbury Companion to Russell, London, Bloomsbury, 2018, pp361-386 , [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2018

Sortition, Voting, and Democratic Equality in, editor(s)Anthoula Malkopoulou and Lisa Hill , Equality and Representation: New Perspectives in Democratic Theory, London, Routledge, 2018, pp47 - 64, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2018 DOI URL

Consent, Contract, and Autonomy in, Edwin Etieyibo , Social Contract Theory, Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Washington, DC, 2018, pp29 - 59, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2018

The Wisdom of the Multitude: Diversity versus Size in, editor(s)Rafal Urbaniak and Gillman Payette , Applications of Formal Philosophy: The Road Less Travelled, Cham, Switzerland, Springer International Publishing, 2017, pp55 - 71, [Peter Stone and Koji Kagotani] Book Chapter, 2017 URL

Philosophical Biography Reconsidered in, editor(s)Peter Stone , Bertrand Russell's Life and Legacy, Wilmington, DE, Vernon Press, 2017, pp21 - 41, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2017 URL

Editor's Introduction in, editor(s)Peter Stone , Bertrand Russell's Life and Legacy, Wilmington, DE, Vernon Press, 2017, ppxi - xvii, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2017 URL

Peter Stone, Bertrand Russell's Life and Legacy, Wilmington, DE, Vernon Press, 2017 Book, 2017 URL

The Logic of Storytelling and the Storytelling of Logic in, editor(s)Tim Madigan and Peter Stone , Bertrand Russell, Public Intellectual, Rochester, NY, Tiger Bark Press, 2016, pp211 - 237, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2016 URL

Tim Madigan and Peter Stone, eds., Bertrand Russell, Public Intellectual, Rochester, Tiger Bark Press, 2016, 1 - 241pp Book, 2016 URL

Peter Stone, Sortition, Voting, and Democratic Equality, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP), 19, (3), 2016, p339 - 356 Journal Article, 2016 URL

Introduction: Who Was Bertrand Russell? in, editor(s)Tim Madigan and Peter Stone , Bertrand Russell, Public Intellectual, Rochester, Tiger Bark Press, 2016, pp13 - 23, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2016 URL

Russell the Political Activist in, editor(s)Tim Madigan and Peter Stone , Bertrand Russell, Public Intellectual, Rochester, Tiger Bark Press, 2016, pp99 - 132, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2016 URL

Peter Stone, Introducing Difference into the Condorcet Jury Theorem, Theory and Decision, 78, (3), 2015, p399 - 409 Journal Article, 2015

Peter Stone, Hobbes' Problem, The Good Society, 24, (1), 2015, p1 - 14 Journal Article, 2015 URL

Peter Stone, The Pursuit of Consensus in Global Political Theory, Public Affairs Quarterly, 28, (3), 2014, p215 - 230 Journal Article, 2014 URL

Peter Stone, Social Contract Theory in the Global Context, Law, Ethics and Philosophy, 2, 2014, p177-189 Journal Article, 2014 TARA - Full Text

Peter Stone, Non-Reasoned Decision-Making, Economics and Philosophy, 30, (2), 2014, p195 - 214 Journal Article, 2014 URL DOI

Anarchism, Michael T. Gibbons, Encyclopedia of Political Thought, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 2014, pp1-4 , [Peter Stone] Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, 2014 URL

Collective Action, Michael T. Gibbons, Encyclopedia of Political Thought, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 2014, pp1-2 , [Peter Stone] Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, 2014 URL

Voting, Michael T. Gibbons, Encyclopedia of Political Thought, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 2014, pp1-6 , [Peter Stone] Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, 2014 URL

Access to Higher Education by the Luck of the Draw in, editor(s)Anna Mountford-Zimdars, Daniel Sabbagh, and David Post , Fair Access to Higher Education: Global Perspectives, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2014, pp248 - 270, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2014 URL

Russell, Bertrand, Michael T. Gibbons, Encyclopedia of Political Thought, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 2014, pp1-3 , [Peter Stone] Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, 2014 URL

Peter Stone, Access to Higher Education by the Luck of the Draw, Comparative Education Review, 57, (3), 2013, p577 - 599 Journal Article, 2013

The Straw Theist? in, editor(s)Seyed Javad Miri , The Global Future of Religion, IPSC Press, 2013, pp153 - 171, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2013

Gil Delannoi, Oliver Dowlen, and Peter Stone, The Lottery as a Democratic Institution, The Policy Institute, July, 2013 Report, 2013 URL TARA - Full Text

Peter Stone, A Renaissance for Random Selection?, Redescriptions, 16, 2012, p125 - 136 Review Article, 2012

Peter Stone, Varieties of Indeterminacy, International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 6, (7), 2012, p107 - 116 Journal Article, 2012 URL

Michele Westhead and Peter Stone, Is Browne the Colour of Mud?, International Journal of Interdisciplinary Educational Studies, 7, (3), 2012, p53 - 62 Journal Article, 2012

Peter Stone, Many Voices, Different Voices, 2012 Working Paper, 2012 URL

Peter Stone, The Luck of the Draw: The Role of Lotteries in Decision Making, Oxford University Press, 2011 Book, 2011 DOI URL

Peter Stone, The Logic of Storytelling and the Storytelling of Logic, Islamic Perspective, 5, 2011, p279 - 307 Journal Article, 2011 URL

The Logic of Storytelling and the Storytelling of Logic in, editor(s)Seyed Javad Miri , Social Theory, Religion and Critical Discourses: Critical Theory in the Postmodern Globe, Saarbrücken, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011, pp389 - 416, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2011

Peter Stone, The Concept of Picking, 2011 Working Paper, 2011 TARA - Full Text URL

Peter Stone, Three Arguments for Lotteries, Social Science Information, 49, (2), 2010, p147 - 163 Journal Article, 2010 TARA - Full Text

Peter Stone, Lotteries, Justice, and Probability, Journal of Theoretical Politics, 21, (3), 2009, p395 - 409 Journal Article, 2009 URL

Peter Stone, The Logic of Random Selection, Political Theory, 37, (3), 2009, p375 - 397 Journal Article, 2009 URL

Peter Stone, Rationality, Intelligibility, and Interpretation, Rationality and Society, 21, (1), 2009, p35 - 58 Journal Article, 2009 URL URL

Peter Stone, Introduction: Reflections on Andrew Rehfeld's The Concept of Constituency.., Polity, 40, (2), 2008, p216 - 220 Journal Article, 2008 URL

Peter Stone, What Can Lotteries Do for Education?, Theory and Research in Education, 6, (3), 2008, p267 - 282 Journal Article, 2008 URL

Peter Stone, Voting, Lotteries, and Justice, Polity, 40, (2), 2008, p246 - 253 Journal Article, 2008 URL

Peter Stone, On Fair Lotteries, Social Theory and Practice, 34, (4), 2008, p573 - 590 Journal Article, 2008 TARA - Full Text

Russell, Mathematics, and the Popular Mind in, editor(s)Alan Schwerin , Russell Revisited: Critical Reflections on the Thought of Bertrand Russell, Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008, pp46 - 66, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2008

Peter Stone, Why Lotteries Are Just, Journal of Political Philosophy, 15, (3), 2007, p276 - 295 Journal Article, 2007 URL DOI

Peter Stone, Conceptualizing Lotteries, 2007 Working Paper, 2007 TARA - Full Text URL

Peter Stone, The Impossibility of Rational Politics?, Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2, (2), 2003, p239 - 263 Journal Article, 2003 URL

Peter Stone, On Linking Cognitive Mechanisms to Game Play, Politics and the Life Sciences, 22, (2), 2003, p33 - 40 Journal Article, 2003 TARA - Full Text URL

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

Peter Stone, Philip Pettit & The Birth of Ethics, Review of The Birth of Ethics: Reconstructing the Role and Nature of Morality, by Philip Pettit , Philosophy Now, (160), 2024, p18-19 Review, 2024 URL

Peter Stone, Review of The Tyranny of Opinion: Conformity and the Future of Liberalism, by Russell Blackford , Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 25, (2), 2022, p389-391 Review, 2022 DOI

Peter Stone, Review of The Enigma of Reason: A New Theory of Human Understanding, by Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber , Philosophy Now, (152), 2022, p50-52 Review, 2022 URL

Peter Stone, A Humanist from the Humanities, Review of Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic, by Stanley Corngold , Free Inquiry, 42, (4), 2022, p62-63 Review, 2022

Peter Stone, Review of Why Does Inequality Matter?, by T.M. Scanlon , Philosophy Now, (150), 2022, p49-50 Review, 2022 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Hope for Democracy: How Citizens Can Bring Reason Back into Politics, by John Gastil and Katherine R. Knobloch , Perspectives on Politics, 20, (3), 2022, p1090-1091 Review, 2022 DOI

Peter Stone, Review of Planning, Time, and Self-Governance: Essays in Practical Rationality by Michael Bratman, Review of Planning, Time, and Self-Governance: Essays in Practical Rationality, by Michael Bratman , Metapsychology Online Reviews, 24, (1), 2019 Review, 2019 URL

Peter Stone on Randomness as a Political Tool in, Dispute Resolution: The Kleros Handbook of Centralized Justice, 2019, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2019 TARA - Full Text URL

Kevin Lacourse and Peter Stone, Review of Citizen Killings; Liberalism, State Policy and Moral Risk, by Dean-Peter Baker , Ethical Theory and Moral Practice , 21, (4), 2018, p1013-1014 Review, 2018

Peter Stone, Review of From Bacteria to Bach and back: The Evolution of Minds, by Daniel C. Dennett , Philosophy Now, (129), 2018, p44-46 Review, 2018 URL

Peter Stone, Review of The Demarchy Manifesto: For Better Public Policy. How to Enlighten, Articulate, and Give Effect to Public Opinion , by John Burnheim , Contemporary Political Theory, 17, (1), 2018, p26-29 Review, 2018

Kevin Lacourse and Peter Stone, Review of More on War, by Martin van Creveld , Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, 19, (1), 2018, p165-168 Review, 2018 URL

Peter Stone, Bertrand Russell, Truth Seeker, 2018, - 4-8 Miscellaneous, 2018

Peter Stone, Review of Decoding Chomsky: Science and Revolutionary Politics, by Chris Knight , Philosophy Now, (127), 2018, p44-45 Review, 2018 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Freedom's Right: The Social Foundations of Democratic Life, by Axel Honneth , Philosophy Now, (121), 2017, p48-49 Review, 2017 URL

Peter Stone, The Passionate Bertrand Russell, Philosophy Now, (120), 2017, p6 - 8 Journal Article, 2017 URL

Peter Stone, Russell Needed to Write, Review of A Pacifist at War: Letters and Writings of Bertrand Russell, 1914-1918, by Nicholas Griffin (ed.) , Russell, 36, 2016, p92-94 Review, 2016 URL

Peter Stone, Review of The Constitution of Risk, by Adrian Vermeule , Perspectives on Politics, 13, (3), 2015, p851-853 Review, 2015 URL

Peter Stone, 'Guaranteed Rotation in Office': A Comment, Political Quarterly, 86, (3), 2015, p380 - 384 Journal Article, 2015 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Rationality and Social Agency: The Philosophy of Michael Bratman, by Manuel Vargas and Gideon Yaffe, eds. , Metapsychology Online Reviews, 19, (15), 2015 Review, 2015 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Globalization and Global Justice, by Nicole Hassoun , Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 18, (2), 2015, p417-419 Review, 2015 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Choosing Not to Choose: Understanding the Value of Choice, by Cass R. Sunstein , Metapsychology Online Reviews, 19, (45), 2015 Review, 2015 URL

Julian Culp, Nicole Hassoun, and Peter Stone, Review of Poverty, Agency, and Human Rights, by Diana Tietjens Meyers, ed. , Ethics, 126, (1), 2015, p234-238 Review, 2015

The Happy Memes of "Hallelujah" in, editor(s)Jason Holt , Leonard Cohen and Philosophy, Chicago, Open Court, 2014, pp241 - 252, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2014 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Lectures on the History of Moral and Political Philosophy, by G.A. Cohen , Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, 2014 Review, 2014 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Partiality, by Simon Keller , Metapsychology Online Reviews, 18, (25), 2014 Review, 2014 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Death and the Afterlife by Samuel Scheffler, Review of Death and the Afterlife, by Samuel Scheffler , Metapsychology Online Reviews, 18, (44), 2014 Review, 2014 URL

Peter Stone, Why Not Try Leaving Things to Chance?, Policy Network, 2014 Journal Article, 2014 URL

Peter Stone, Review of The Nature and Use of Lotteries by Thomas Gataker., Review of The Nature and Use of Lotteries, by Thomas Gataker , History of Political Thought, 34, (1), 2013, p172-175 Review, 2013 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Virtues, Rules, and Justice: Kantian Aspirations by Thomas E. Hill, Jr. , Review of Virtues, Rules, and Justice: Kantian Aspirations, by Thomas E. Hill, Jr. , Metapsychology Online Reviews, 17, (8), 2013 Review, 2013 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Twenty Observations on a World in Turmoil, by Ulrich Beck , Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, 2013 Review, 2013 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Two Cheers for Anarchism by James C. Scott, Review of Two Cheers for Anarchism, by James C. Scott , Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, 2013 Review, 2013 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Finding Oneself in the Other by G.A. Cohen., Review of Finding Oneself in the Other, by G.A Cohen , Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, 2013 Review, 2013 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Meaning and Value in a Secular Age: Why Eupraxsophy Matters - The Writings of Paul Kurtz , by Nathan Bupp, ed. , Metapsychology Online Reviews, 17, (44), 2013 Review, 2013 URL

Peter Stone, Zombie Movie Morals (I), Philosophy Now, 2013, p44 - 45 Journal Article, 2013 URL

Peter Stone, Review of The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution by Francis Fukuyama., Review of The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution, by Francis Fukuyama. , Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, 2012 Review, 2012 URL

Peter Stone, Review of The Politics of Genocide by Edward S. Herman and David Peterson., Review of The Politics of Genocide, by Edward S. Herman and David Peterson. , New Political Science, 34, (1), 2012, p93-96 Review, 2012 URL

Peter Stone, Review of The Science and Humanism of Stephen Jay Gould by Richard York and Brett Clark., Review of The Science and Humanism of Stephen Jay Gould, by Richard York and Brett Clark. , Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, 2012 Review, 2012 URL

Peter Stone, Review of The Science of Language: Interviews with James McGilvray by Noam Chomsky., Review of The Science of Language: Interviews with James McGilvray., by Noam Chomsky , Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, 2012 Review, 2012 URL

Peter Stone, Lotteries in Public Life: A Reader, Imprint Academic, 2011 Book, 2011

Peter Stone, Review of On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice, and Other Essays in Political Philosophy by G.A. Cohen., Review of On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice, and Other Essays in Political Philosophy, by G.A. Cohen , Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, 2011 Review, 2011 URL

Lotteries and Probability Theory in, editor(s)Gil Delannoi and Oliver Dowlen , Sortition: Theory and Practice, Imprint Academic, 2010, pp157 - 171, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2010 TARA - Full Text

Peter Stone, An Aristotle's Eye View, Review of Experiments in Ethics, by Kwane Anthony Appiah , Radical Philosophy Review, 13, (2), 2010, p223-226 Review, 2010

Peter Stone, Review of The Political Potential of Sortition by Oliver Dowlen., Review of The Political Potential of Sortition, by Oliver Dowlen , Philosophical Quarterly, 60, (240), 2010, p664-666 Review, 2010 URL

Peter Stone, Sophomoric, Review of Bertrand Russell's Socio-Political Ideas., by Jyotish Ch. Basak , Russell, 30, (1), 2010, p90-93 Review, 2010 URL

Peter Stone, Review of A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent Is Vital to Islam and America by Anouar Majid., Review of A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent Is Vital to Islam and America, by Anouar Majid , New Political Science, 32, (1), 2010, p154-156 Review, 2010 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Rescuing Justice and Equality by G.A. Cohen., Review of Rescuing Justice and Equality, by G.A. Cohen , Perspectives on Politics, 7, (3), 2009, p640-641 Review, 2009 URL

Introduction to A Citizen Legislature by Ernest Callenbach and Michael Philips in, editor(s)Ernest Callenbach, Michael Phillips, and Keith Sutherland , A Citizen Legislature/A People's Parliament, Imprint Academic, 2008, pp9 - 16, [Peter Stone] Book Chapter, 2008 TARA - Full Text URL

Peter Stone, Pi and the Movie Mind, Philosophy Now, 2007, p44 - 46 Journal Article, 2007 URL

Peter Stone, "Hanging Out with Russell, Brando, and Lennon.", Review of Street Fighting Years: an Autobiography of the Sixties, by Tariq Ali , Russell, 25, (1), 2005, p91-93 Review, 2005 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Justice and Democracy edited by Keith Dowding, Robert E. Goodin, and Carole Pateman. , Review of Justice and Democracy , by Keith Dowding, Robert E. Goodin, and Carole Pateman, eds. , Perspectives on Politics, 3, (3), 2005, p614-615 Review, 2005 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Democracy Defended by Gerry Mackie., Review of Democracy Defended, by Gerry Mackie , Public Choice, 125, (3-4), 2005, p471-475 Review, 2005 URL

Peter Stone, Russell in the Philippines, Review of Bertrand Russell to the Rescue: Can the Wit and Wisdom of Bertrand Russell Save the Philippines, by Ramon Suzara , Russell, 23, 2004, p183-185 Review, 2004 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Rationalizing Capitalist Democracy by S.M. Amadae. , Review of Rationalizing Capitalist Democracy, by S.M. Amadae. , Perspectives on Politics, 2, (2), 2004, p347-348 Review, 2004 URL

Peter Stone, Ray Monk and the Politics of Bertrand Russell, Review of Bertrand Russell: The Ghost of Madness, 1921-1970, by Ray Monk , Russell, 23, (1), 2003, p82-91 Review, 2003 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Cosmopolitan Intervention by Darrel Moellendorf, Review of Cosmopolitan Intervention, by Darrel Moellendorf , New Political Science, 24, (4), 2002, p612-615 Review, 2002 URL

Peter Stone, Review of Microfoundations, Method, and Causation: On the Philosophy of the Social Sciences by Daniel Little, Review of Microfoundations, Method, and Causation: On the Philosophy of the Social Sciences, by Daniel Little , Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 32, (1), 2002, p120-126 Review, 2002 URL

Peter Stone, Adrift at Armageddon, Review of The ABC of Armageddon: Bertrand Russell on Science, Religion and the Next War, 1919-1938, by Peter H. Denton , Russell, 21, (2), 2002, p181-185 Review, 2002 URL

Peter Stone, Making the World Safe for Methods, The Political Methodologist, 10, (1), 2001, p9 - 10 Journal Article, 2001 URL TARA - Full Text

Peter Stone, Russell the Political Theorist, by Bart Schultz, ed. , Russell, 20, (1), 2000, p85-92 Review, 2000 URL

Research Expertise

Description

I am a political theorist, with a research focus on the politics of random selection (selection via lottery). Lotteries are used both to allocate social benefits and burdens (e.g., admission to oversubscribed courses in Irish universities) and to assign public responsibilities (e.g., service in Ireland's Convention on the Constitution and subsequent Citizens' Assemblies). I have developed a systematic theory of random selection focused upon the ability of lotteries to exclude undesirable reasons from decision making, which I call the sanitizing effect. I have articulated this theory--what I call the lottery principle--in a series of peer-reviewed publications in top political science journals, including the Journal of Political Philosophy, Political Theory, and the Journal of Theoretical Politics. I then presented the full theory in a single-authored peer-reviewed monograph published by Oxford University Press. Since then, I have focused my research on random selection and democracy, comparing randomly-selected citizens' assemblies with elections and referenda as democratic decision-making procedures. This work regularly generates invitations to contribute to peer-reviewed collections issued by leading publishers, including The Politics of Presidential Term Limits (Oxford University Press), Militant Democracy and Its Critics: Populism, Parties, Extremism (Edinburgh University Press), the Oxford Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies, the Oxford Handbook of Irish Politics, and the Handbook of Equality of Opportunity (Springer). I have also produced high-quality work in other areas, notably the philosophy of Bertrand Russell. In 2016, I co-edited the peer-reviewed anthology Bertrand Russell: Public Intellectual (Tiger Bark Press), which won the 2017 Bertrand Russell Society Book Award. Overall, I have developed a proven track record as an international researcher, with 67 peer-reviewed publications to date. This work has received sustained scholarly attention, with a citation count of 903 on Google Scholar (h-index 13), 304 on Scopus (h-index 8), and 511 on ResearchGate (h-index 10).

Keywords

BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL SCIENCES; bertrand russell; citizen juries; Comparative political institutions; Condorcet Jury Theorem; Decision Making; DEMOCRACY; Democratic Equality; Formal Theory (Political Science); Game Theory; Global Justice; INSTITUTIONS; JUSTICE; Lotteries; Political Methodology; Political Philosophy; Political Science; Political Theory; Rational Choice Theory; RATIONALITY; Theories of Global Justice

Recognition

Representations

External Examiner, Ph.D. Viva Voce Examination. Department of Politics, University of Exeter 2017

Extern, Political Theory Search, School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe), University College Dublin 2013

President, Political Studies Association of Ireland 2019-2023

Vice President, Political Studies Association of Ireland 2023-Present

Secretary, Political Studies Association of Ireland 2016-2019

Member, Executive Committee, Political Studies Association of Ireland 2015-Present

Co-Convenor, Political Theory Specialist Group, Political Studies Association of Ireland 2015-Present

Vice President, Bertrand Russell Society 2015-2017

Board Member, Bertrand Russell Society 1997-Present

Vice Chair, Bertrand Russell Society 2010-2015

Political Theory Category Chair, Annual Meeting--European Political Science Association 2014

Review Editor, Foundations of Political Theory, Encyclopedia of Political Thought Project 2011-2013

Coordinator, Conference for the Study of Political Thought (Upstate New York Chapter) 2001-2003

Secretary of Society and Board, Bertrand Russell Society 1998-2001

Awards and Honours

Outstanding Supervisor (Established Supervisor Award Category), School of Social Sciences & Philosophy 2024

Lee Eisler Service Award, Bertrand Russell Society 2022

Bertrand Russell Society Book Award 2017

M.A. (jure officii), University of Dublin. 2015

Best C&M Working Paper Award, Committee on Concepts and Methods, International Political Science Association 2014

Memberships

American Political Science Association

American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy

Association for Political Theory

Bertrand Russell Society

Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought

Conference for the Study of Political Thought

Midwest Political Science Association

Political Studies Association

Political Studies Association of Ireland

ASAP (Academics Stand against Poverty) Ireland 2016