Democracy as Fairness

This is the submitted (but not yet final) version of my doctoral thesis.

My doctoral thesis explores the relation between democracy and majority-rule. I argue that it is mistaken to identify the two and that majority-rule is justified only as an instrument to realize political equality. Moreover, in certain circumstances, this can fail. In these cases, one way to give everyone an equal chance would be to randomly select a single vote to determine outcomes. I such a procedure, called lottery-voting, and defend its democratic credentials.