Dr. Cesar Tecson will give a lecture in the final leg of the 2021 Social Ethics Society Webinar Series this July 6, 2021. Dr. Tecson, who obtained his doctorate in computer science at Ateneo de Manila University, will talk about "Technology and Culture: How Technology can Preserve the Past." The theme of the virtual event, to be hosted by Dr. Roger Bayod, is Philosophical Perspectives in the Margins. Dr. Tecson has worked on a project concerning the preservation of the culture of the B'laan Tribe. Other speakers include Dr. Daniel Mishori of Tel Aviv University, Dr. Govida Eviota of MSU-Marawi, and Mr. Gerry Arambala of LSU-Ozamiz. To register, send an email to roger.bayod@gmail.com. Registration is free.
By Menelito Mansueto (MSU-IIT) Christopher Ryan Maboloc is a Davao-based Filipino scholar known for his work in Social and Political Philosophy, Bioethics, Philippine Democracy, and the Philosophy of Technology. He is an Associate Professor at Ateneo de Davao University and a Visiting Professor at Silliman University. His body of work often engages with topics of social justice, structural inequality, and political ethics, particularly in the context of the Philippines. An Erasmus Mundus scholar, the author was trained in political party building and democratic governance at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in Bonn and Berlin, Germany. Dr. Maboloc is the author of two books, Radical Democracy in the Time of Duterte and The Question of Justice in Contemporary Liberal Theory. He is the editor of the two-volume Ethics in Contemporary Philippine Society, a collection of essays by Filipino scholars and academics, notably from Mindanao. He also authored several textbooks, including Et...