Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc has delivered 23 conference papers and lectures in 2021

Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc has presented 23 conference papers and public lectures in 2021. The conference papers were delivered in international events such as the 21st Asian Bioethics Association Conference, the 6th Universal Science Education Research Network Congress, and the International Public Health Ambassador (IPHA) Conference hosted by Dr. Darryl Macer of the American University of Sovereign Nations.

He also delivered plenary lectures in the Philosophical Association of Northern Luzon Annual Conference, the University of Santo Tomas Graduate School Philosophy Conference, and the Philosophical Society of the University of the Philippines - Los Banos Conference. He also gave talks to the faculty and students of the Cebu Tecnological University - Argao Campus, the Notre Dame of Marbel University, and La Salle University in Ozamiz, among others.

The topics he has presented include Radical Politics and Philippine Democracy, Social Media and the Philosophy of Technology, Biopolitics and Vaccine Nationalism, Global Justice and Post-Human Ethics, as well as other topics. Dr. Maboloc, overall, has presented 27 papers in international conferences and 32 papers in local conferences. He has given 51 public lectures and seminars to colleges and universities.

Thomas Pogge to mentor AdDU prof in ASAP Global Justice Fellowship at Yale

Professor Thomas Pogge of Yale University will be the mentor of Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc in the ASAP Global Justice Program Fellowship at Yale University. Prof. Pogge is the author of World Poverty and Human Rights. Dr. Maboloc will write his research on structural issues in Muslim Mindanao using the perspectives of Iris Marion Young and Thomas Pogge. ASAP is an acronym for Academics Stand Against Poverty. According to its website, it utilizes "scholarship to influence policy and public attitudes to poverty. Established in 2010, (ASAP) is a non-partisan, independent global organization aiming to eradicate severe poverty worldwide." It is based in New Haven, Connecticut. It is under the Global Justice Program at Yale. Fourteen scholars around the world were chosen for the ASAP Program. Pogge is the most prominent scholar on global justice. He proposed the global difference principle as a critique to John Rawls's A Theory of Justice. Rawls was Pogge's adviser at H

Ethics in Contemporary Philippine Society released

ETHICS IN CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE SOCIETY. Edited by CRB Maboloc, PhD, Foreword by Darryl Macer, PhD, with an introduction by Daniel Mishori, PhD. WORD FROM GLOBAL SCHOLARS “This book is a timely contribution to practical ethics. It deals with challenging moral problems like environmental hazards and climate change, justice, democracy and violence, and relates these burning issues to the present state of the Filipino society. At the same time the book is firmly anchored in moral theory. It is written in a clear and accessible style and serves as an excellent educational resource.” Dr. Göran Collste Professor Emeritus of Applied Ethics Linköping University, Sweden “This is a highly original approach to teaching applied ethics. Focusing as it does on issues that are part of the lives of the students and written by local scholars, it cannot help but be engaging. I very much enjoyed reading it and am sure that the students will gain not just theoretical ethical knowledge

Doing Philosophy in the Philippines: My take

First, a distinction must be made between Filipino philosophy and Filipinos doing philosophy. It's not the case that to be a Filipino philosopher, one must be writing Filipino philosophy. A Filipino scholar can be considered a philosopher even if what he or she writes is about Kant or Hegel. What Filipino philosophy means is another matter. For now, I prefer that we simply do philosophy or that we philosophize. We must also distinguish philosophizing in terms of its formal character and in terms of what ordinary folks do. To me, the manner that I was raised by my father elicited so many questions in my mind and I believe that many among us who are into the business of thinking, also experience the same, e.g. whether you are loved, what's the meaning of life, or if there is really a god. Of course, there's nothing original about those questions. But the point is, I just want to emphasize, not all get to ask about those things because perhaps life for other people is comfor

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