Are revolutions justified? | LSE Event

Ralph Miliband has written poignantly on the limits of parliamentary democracy. But are revolutions justified? Moralists think that if the ends of revolution are right, revolution cannot be wrong. Legalists think that since the means of revolution are wrong, revolution cannot be right. In this lecture Lea Ypi revisits their arguments and offers an alternative that cuts across the divide. She examines revolution not in relation to the justice demanded by specific agents but grounded on a philosophical theory of history that focuses on collective progress. Speaker: Professor Lea Ypi Chair: Professor Andrew Murray Moderator: Professor Andrés Velasco #Democracy #Events #London Full details/attend: https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/are-revo... To turn on captions, go to the bottom-right of the video player and click the icon. Please note that this feature uses Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) technology, or machine generated transcription, and is not 100% accurate. Sign up for news about upcoming LSE Events: https://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/signup