Lea Ypi: What is Moral Socialism? (Volksbühne, CPKP & Centre for Social Critique)

Lea Ypi's talk "What is Moral Socialism?" at the conference "The Futures of Marx" (June 28-29, 2023), organized by the Center for Post-Kantian Philosophy (cpkp.net/) and the Centre for Social Critique (criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/...) at Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (www.volksbuehne.berlin/#/de/v....

[@dougbamford]

I don't think I get the jump from 'community' to 'socialism' - I don't see why the former entails the latter.
Also if you are reliant on morality, then wouldn't capitalism be absolutely fine if everyone was moral (as Jason Brennan argued). Unless it is possible to demonstrate that capitalism undermines morality and socialism guarantees that people will be moral.

[@tjw21bath]

This is a scholastic objection

[@jamesmarquand3682]

Everything undermines morality... that's why it's necessary. Capitalism certainly does. I've never lived in a socialist country, but anecdotally they can be as corrupt as any...