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
Peter Stone and Audrey M. Plan, Trends in Theorizing Sortition, International Political Science Abstracts, 74, (2), 2024, p205 - 216
Peter Stone, Review of Splitsville USA: A Democratic Argument for Breaking Up the United States, by Christopher F. Zurn , Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 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]
Peter Stone, Philip Pettit, Deliberative Democracy: Direct, Open, or Irish?, Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 2024
Peter Stone, Philip Pettit, Popular Rule without Popular Sovereigny, Democratic Theory, 2024
Peter Stone, In the Shadow of Rawls: Egalitarianism Today, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 25, (1), 2022, p157 - 168
Peter Stone, Open Democracy versus Popular Rule, Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 18, (1), 2022, p5 - 5
Stone, Peter and Malkopoulou, Anthoula, Allotted Chambers as Defenders of Democracy, Constellations, 29, (3), 2022, p296 - 309
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]
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]
"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]
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]
Peter Stone, Ideal Theory: True and False, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 24, (1), 2021, p375 - 380
Peter Stone Tim Madigan, Bertrand Russell, Public Intellectual, 2, Rochester, NY, Tiger Bark Press, 2021, 1 - 337pp
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]
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
Peter Stone, The Elephant in the Room, International Dialogue, A Multidisciplinary Journal of World Affairs, 9, 2019, p85 - 97
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]
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]
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]
Russell's Literary Approach to History in, editor(s)Russell Wahl , Bloomsbury Companion to Russell, London, Bloomsbury, 2018, pp361-386 , [Peter Stone]
Consent, Contract, and Autonomy in, Edwin Etieyibo , Social Contract Theory, Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Washington, DC, 2018, pp29 - 59, [Peter Stone]
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]
Philosophical Biography Reconsidered in, editor(s)Peter Stone , Bertrand Russell's Life and Legacy, Wilmington, DE, Vernon Press, 2017, pp21 - 41, [Peter Stone]
Editor's Introduction in, editor(s)Peter Stone , Bertrand Russell's Life and Legacy, Wilmington, DE, Vernon Press, 2017, ppxi - xvii, [Peter Stone]
Peter Stone, Bertrand Russell's Life and Legacy, Wilmington, DE, Vernon Press, 2017
Peter Stone, Sortition, Voting, and Democratic Equality, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP), 19, (3), 2016, p339 - 356
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]
Tim Madigan and Peter Stone, eds., Bertrand Russell, Public Intellectual, Rochester, Tiger Bark Press, 2016, 1 - 241pp
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]
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]
Peter Stone, Introducing Difference into the Condorcet Jury Theorem, Theory and Decision, 78, (3), 2015, p399 - 409
Peter Stone, Hobbes' Problem, The Good Society, 24, (1), 2015, p1 - 14
Peter Stone, The Pursuit of Consensus in Global Political Theory, Public Affairs Quarterly, 28, (3), 2014, p215 - 230
Peter Stone, Social Contract Theory in the Global Context, Law, Ethics and Philosophy, 2, 2014, p177-189
Peter Stone, Non-Reasoned Decision-Making, Economics and Philosophy, 30, (2), 2014, p195 - 214
Anarchism, Michael T. Gibbons, Encyclopedia of Political Thought, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 2014, pp1-4 , [Peter Stone]
Collective Action, Michael T. Gibbons, Encyclopedia of Political Thought, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 2014, pp1-2 , [Peter Stone]
Voting, Michael T. Gibbons, Encyclopedia of Political Thought, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 2014, pp1-6 , [Peter Stone]
Russell, Bertrand, Michael T. Gibbons, Encyclopedia of Political Thought, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 2014, pp1-3 , [Peter Stone]
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]
Peter Stone, Access to Higher Education by the Luck of the Draw, Comparative Education Review, 57, (3), 2013, p577 - 599
The Straw Theist? in, editor(s)Seyed Javad Miri , The Global Future of Religion, IPSC Press, 2013, pp153 - 171, [Peter Stone]
Gil Delannoi, Oliver Dowlen, and Peter Stone, The Lottery as a Democratic Institution, Dublin, The Policy Institute, July, 2013
Peter Stone, A Renaissance for Random Selection?, Redescriptions, 16, 2012, p125 - 136
Peter Stone, Varieties of Indeterminacy, International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 6, (7), 2012, p107 - 116
Michele Westhead and Peter Stone, Is Browne the Colour of Mud?, International Journal of Interdisciplinary Educational Studies, 7, (3), 2012, p53 - 62
Peter Stone, Many Voices, Different Voices, 2012
Peter Stone, The Luck of the Draw: The Role of Lotteries in Decision Making, Oxford University Press, 2011
Peter Stone, The Logic of Storytelling and the Storytelling of Logic, Islamic Perspective, 5, 2011, p279 - 307
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]
Peter Stone, The Concept of Picking, 2011
Peter Stone, Three Arguments for Lotteries, Social Science Information, 49, (2), 2010, p147 - 163
Peter Stone, Lotteries, Justice, and Probability, Journal of Theoretical Politics, 21, (3), 2009, p395 - 409
Peter Stone, The Logic of Random Selection, Political Theory, 37, (3), 2009, p375 - 397
Peter Stone, Rationality, Intelligibility, and Interpretation, Rationality and Society, 21, (1), 2009, p35 - 58
Peter Stone, Introduction: Reflections on Andrew Rehfeld's The Concept of Constituency.., Polity, 40, (2), 2008, p216 - 220
Peter Stone, Voting, Lotteries, and Justice, Polity, 40, (2), 2008, p246 - 253
Peter Stone, On Fair Lotteries, Social Theory and Practice, 34, (4), 2008, p573 - 590
Peter Stone, What Can Lotteries Do for Education?, Theory and Research in Education, 6, (3), 2008, p267 - 282
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]
Peter Stone, Why Lotteries Are Just, Journal of Political Philosophy, 15, (3), 2007, p276 - 295
Peter Stone, Conceptualizing Lotteries, 2007
Peter Stone, The Impossibility of Rational Politics?, Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2, (2), 2003, p239 - 263
Peter Stone, On Linking Cognitive Mechanisms to Game Play, Politics and the Life Sciences, 22, (2), 2003, p33 - 40
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
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
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
Peter Stone, A Humanist from the Humanities, Review of Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic, by Stanley Corngold , Free Inquiry, 42, (4), 2022, p62-63
Peter Stone, Review of Why Does Inequality Matter?, by T.M. Scanlon , Philosophy Now, (150), 2022, p49-50
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
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
Peter Stone on Randomness as a Political Tool in, Dispute Resolution: The Kleros Handbook of Centralized Justice, 2019, [Peter Stone]
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
Peter Stone, Review of From Bacteria to Bach and back: The Evolution of Minds, by Daniel C. Dennett , Philosophy Now, (129), 2018, p44-46
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
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
Peter Stone, Bertrand Russell, Truth Seeker, 2018, - 4-8
Peter Stone, Review of Decoding Chomsky: Science and Revolutionary Politics, by Chris Knight , Philosophy Now, (127), 2018, p44-45
Peter Stone, Review of Freedom's Right: The Social Foundations of Democratic Life, by Axel Honneth , Philosophy Now, (121), 2017, p48-49
Peter Stone, The Passionate Bertrand Russell, Philosophy Now, (120), 2017, p6 - 8
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
Peter Stone, Review of The Constitution of Risk, by Adrian Vermeule , Perspectives on Politics, 13, (3), 2015, p851-853
Peter Stone, 'Guaranteed Rotation in Office': A Comment, Political Quarterly, 86, (3), 2015, p380 - 384
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
Peter Stone, Review of Globalization and Global Justice, by Nicole Hassoun , Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 18, (2), 2015, p417-419
Peter Stone, Review of Choosing Not to Choose: Understanding the Value of Choice, by Cass R. Sunstein , Metapsychology Online Reviews, 19, (45), 2015
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
The Happy Memes of "Hallelujah" in, editor(s)Jason Holt , Leonard Cohen and Philosophy, Chicago, Open Court, 2014, pp241 - 252, [Peter Stone]
Peter Stone, Review of Lectures on the History of Moral and Political Philosophy, by G.A. Cohen , Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, 2014
Peter Stone, Review of Partiality, by Simon Keller , Metapsychology Online Reviews, 18, (25), 2014
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
Peter Stone, Why Not Try Leaving Things to Chance?, Policy Network, 2014
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
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
Peter Stone, Review of Twenty Observations on a World in Turmoil, by Ulrich Beck , Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, 2013
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
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
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
Peter Stone, Zombie Movie Morals (I), Philosophy Now, 2013, p44 - 45
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
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
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
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
Peter Stone, Lotteries in Public Life: A Reader, Imprint Academic, 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
Lotteries and Probability Theory in, editor(s)Gil Delannoi and Oliver Dowlen , Sortition: Theory and Practice, Imprint Academic, 2010, pp157 - 171, [Peter Stone]
Peter Stone, An Aristotle's Eye View, Review of Experiments in Ethics, by Kwane Anthony Appiah , Radical Philosophy Review, 13, (2), 2010, p223-226
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
Peter Stone, Sophomoric, Review of Bertrand Russell's Socio-Political Ideas., by Jyotish Ch. Basak , Russell, 30, (1), 2010, p90-93
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
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
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]
Peter Stone, Pi and the Movie Mind, Philosophy Now, 2007, p44 - 46
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
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
Peter Stone, Review of Democracy Defended by Gerry Mackie., Review of Democracy Defended, by Gerry Mackie , Public Choice, 125, (3-4), 2005, p471-475
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
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
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
Peter Stone, Review of Cosmopolitan Intervention by Darrel Moellendorf, Review of Cosmopolitan Intervention, by Darrel Moellendorf , New Political Science, 24, (4), 2002, p612-615
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
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
Peter Stone, Making the World Safe for Methods, The Political Methodologist, 10, (1), 2001, p9 - 10
Peter Stone, Russell the Political Theorist, by Bart Schultz, ed. , Russell, 20, (1), 2000, p85-92
Research Expertise
Description
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. His secondary research interests include politics and religion and the philosophy of Bertrand Russell.Recognition
Representations
President, Political Studies Association of Ireland
Secretary, Political Studies Association of Ireland
Member, Executive Committee, Political Studies Association of Ireland
Co-Convenor, Political Theory Specialist Group, Political Studies Association of Ireland
Vice President, Bertrand Russell Society
Board Member, Bertrand Russell Society
Vice Chair, Bertrand Russell Society
Political Theory Category Chair, Annual Meeting--European Political Science Association
Review Editor, Foundations of Political Theory, Encyclopedia of Political Thought Project
Secretary of Society and Board, Bertrand Russell Society
Coordinator, Conference for the Study of Political Thought (Upstate New York Chapter)
Awards and Honours
Lee Eisler Service Award, Bertrand Russell Society
Bertrand Russell Society Book Award
M.A. (jure officii), University of Dublin.
Best C&M Working Paper Award, Committee on Concepts and Methods, International Political Science Association
Memberships
American Political Science Association
American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy
Association for Political Theory
Bertrand Russell Society
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