Mr. Razel Abella, an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Xavier University, Mr. Apolinar Henry Fernandez, an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Ateneo de Davao University, and Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc, an Associate Professor and former Philosophy Chair in the same university, have co-authored The Quest to be Human, a new Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person for Senior High School. It took more than two years to complete the book, which is OBE compliant and strictly adopts the learning competencies required by the Department of Education. Abella, a trainer of SHS teachers, collaborated with the two seasoned authors to come up with this latest textbook, which contains all the components prescribed by Deped. "Both students and teachers will find the book useful," says Evan Larona, a SHS faculty at Ateneo de Davao University.
Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc of Ateneo de Davao University has recently published his 100th paper. "Biopower, New Normal, Human Decency, and Otherness: Philosophical Reflections on the Covid-19 Pandemic," has been included as a chapter of the new book Covid-19 and Public Policy, published in the UK by Emerald Publishing House, edited by Dr. Manas Chatterji of the University of Binghamton in New York. The paper explains the origin, nature, issues, and impact of the public health emergency, thereby tracing and analyzing the social, economic, and the political implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic through the philosophical lens of Martin Heidegger and Albert Camus. The paper was presented at an international conference hosted by Binghamton University and also organized by the editor Dr. Chatterji. Dr. Maboloc has published in journals such as the Journal of Public Health, Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology, Disaster Preparedness and Medicine, the Philosophical Quart