Confirmed Plenary Speakers in the 12th SES Conference

Dr. Darryl Macer, President of the American University of Sovereign Nations, leads the list of the confirmed Plenary Speakers in the 12th Social Ethics Society Annual Conference this coming October 29-30, 2021. Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc is Conference Chair.

Dr. Julio Teehankee, Full Professor at De La Salle University, will also speak in the virtual event. The theme of the conference is "Democratic Inclusion and Transdisciplinarity." The talks are divided into three sections: Philosophy, Bioethics and Political Theory.

Mr. Anton Heinrich Rennesland, a faculty at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Santo Tomas, will also give a plenary talk in the yearly gathering of scholars, teachers and graduate students in philosophy. The online confab will be hosted by Dr. Roger Bayod and Mr. Ian Clark Parcon.

Interested parties can send an abstract (300 words) to the secretariat. Please address all communications to Dr. Roger Bayod (roger.bayod@gmail.com). Papers must deal with the above theme. The deadline for abstract submission is August 15, 2021. Registration is free.

List of Accepted Papers for Oral Presentation in the 16th SES Conference

1. Donnalen Quezon (MSU-IIT) - The Paradox of Justice: A Feminist Analysis of How the Philippine Legal System Reinforces Silence Among Rape Victims through Catharine MacKinnon’s Theory of the State 2. Najifah Macaraya & Erickson Totanes (MSU - GenSan) - Thinking Peace: A Philosophical Approach to Inner and Social Harmony 3. Francis Matay-ao Jr. (Isabela State University) - Principle-Centered Leadership: A Catalyst for Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions 4. Shasell Ybanez (MSU-IIT) - A Foucauldian Analysis of How Mega Influencers Reconfigure Knowledge and Desire in the Click-to-Bet Economy 5. Casey Tuazon & Shasell Ybanez (MSU-IIT) - The Ethical Implications of David Poplar’s Concept of Play Framing in the Context of Body-Shaming Humor Toward Filipino Women: A Luna Dolezal Body and Shame Analysis 6. Marlon Naiz (Southern Christian College) - Redefining Ecotourism: A Conservationist Analysis Based On Aldo Leop...

Statement of the SES expressing its opposition to the proposal to remove Ethics in the GE Curriculum

We, members of the Board of Directors of the Social Ethics Society, express our strong opposition to the proposal to remove ethics in college. Such move is bereft of merit and is ignorant as to the value and purpose of the teaching of the course, which is thoroughly rooted in the integral and critical function of higher education. The proposal to transfer it to Senior High School deprives college students of the teaching of ethics as a professional course, which is crucial in their civic engagements and the pursuit of a democratic society that can only be grounded in responsible citizenship and critical thinking. The direction of Edcom and its advisers from the technical panels of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) reduces our whole education system into a mode of creating docile workers who will constitute the labor force that will serve the whims and interests of a capital intensive and consumer driven globalized neoliberal economic order. It only breeds our subser...

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