The Social Ethics Society, in cooperation with Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology and Waseda University, will hold the Peace and Conflict Studies Webinar Series with Prof. Juichiro Tanabe as the Main Lecturer, together with local academics as invited speakers. The webinar series will be done via Zoom. The first event will be held on September 30, 2023. Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc of Ateneo de Davao University and Prof. Gerry Arambala of MSU GenSan will discuss topics such as terrorism and global poverty. The speakers in forthcoming events include Prof. Ruben Balotol of STI College, Ormoc, Dr. Rogelio Bayod of Cor Jesu College, and Dr. Ian Clark Parcon of Ateneo de Davao University. Prof. Migs Mansueto is the moderator and organizer. Registration is free. For more information, please email the organizer at migs_mansueto@yahoo.com.
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...
