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SES Politics and Culture Lectures


The Social Ethics Society, in partnership with Cor Jesu College and La Salle University - Ozamiz, successfully conducted the 3rd leg of its 2021 Webinar Series. Asst. Prof. Menelito Mansueto of Letran gave a very scathing critique of the EDSA narrative while Dr. Rogelio Bayod discussed the state of indigenous peoples (IP) in the post-IPRA Philippines. Japanese scholar Asuna Yoshizawa of Kyoto University explored the cohabitation between Christians and Muslims in the Southern Philippines while Dean Benjiemen Labastin of La Salle put into question the thesis describing Philippine politics and society as a contested democracy. The event was hosted by Dr. Randy Tudy. LSU Philo Chair Gerry Arambala gave the rationale while Fr. Urbano Pardillo Jr. in closing pointed out the value of studying our history as people.