Pastor Gichun Cho of the International Youth Federation has introduced Mind Education to the members of the Social Ethics Society in a conference last year. Members of the SES attended the lecture of Pastor Cho in person as well as online via Zoom. The talk was meant to emphasize the value of clear thought in everyday life. Mind education also seeks to incorporate good character in human relations and ethical values in one's work. Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc met Pastor Gichun through his Ateneo student Myeongho Kim. The SES Mind Education Program has reached out to the youth sector, public officials through City Councilor Sweet Advincula, students, and several women's associations.
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...