13th SES Conference held

The 13th Social Ethics Society Conference was successfully held last October 27-28, 2022 at Holiday Ocean View Resort in Samal Island. Thirty papers were delivered in the event, highlighted of course by the keynote address of Dr. Goran Collste from Sweden and the plenary talks of Dr. Rec Eguia on Futures Thinking, Fr. John Guo Wang on Environmental Sustainability, and Prof. Cathy Mae Toquero, who talked about Education in the 21st Century. The theme was "Weaving Multidisciplinary Perspectives."

The topnotch academics who attended the event include Dr. Narcisa Ramos Canilao of UP Baguio, Dr. Ranilo Hermida of AdMU, Dr. Al Quillope of NDMU, and Prof. Bernardo Caslib Jr. of UP Manila. Vice Mayor Leonigildo Calibara and Councilor Bartolome Lataza Jr., together with Prof. Mark Lataza, shared the peace journey of Alamada, North Cotabato. Peace advocates Rica Feliciano and Alecka Fajardo of HWPL, as well as Atty. Carlos Canilao, a human rights lawyer, also attended the in-person activity, the first since the Covid-19 pandemic gripped the world.

Philosophy and social science teachers, NGO advocates, and development researchers attended the conference, including those from the University of Pasig, MSU General Santos, MSU Marawi, MSU-IIT, UM Tagum, UM Main, USM in Kabacan, QACS, EVSU in Tacloban, FEU Manila, USEP-CDM, AdDU, Silliman, BISU in Tagbilaran, AdMU, UP Baguio, UP Manila, LSU in Ozamiz, NDMU, and Cor Jesu College. More than 60 persons attended the gathering, which was opened by Fr. Dexter Veloso, president of the SES.

The facilitators for the concurrent sessions consisted of young and dynamic philosophy faculty from Mindanao, namely Dr. Rogelio Bayod (CJC), Dr. Moises Torrentira Jr. (USEP-CDM), Prof. Migs Mansueto (MSU-IIT), Prof. Gerry Arambala (MSU-GenSan), and Fr. Banny Pardillo (St. Francis Xavier Seminary). Dr. Ian Clark Parcon, editor in chief of the SES Journal of Applied Philosophy, in which a Special Issue on Politics and Culture was launched during the closing ceremonies, chaired the conference.

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

Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc just published his 90th Philosophy Paper

Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc of the Philosophy Department of Ateneo de Davao University has published his 90th philosophy paper. He co-authored an article entitled "An Ethics of Justice for the Elderly: Ageism and the Covid-19 Pandemic" with Dr. Anesito Cutillas of Cebu Technological University. The study was published in Community Health Equity Research and Policy, a Sage journal indexed by Clarivate Analytics and Scopus. He has published papers under Springer, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Philosophy Documentation Center, and Sage. Dr. Maboloc's publications each year are as follows: 2023 - 8 papers; 2022 - 9 papers; 2021 - 19 papers; 2020 - 15 papers; 2019 - 6 papers; 2018 - 7 papers; 2017 - 4 papers; 2016 - 5 papers; 2015 - 4 papers; 2014 - 2 papers; 2013 - 1 paper; 2012 - 1 paper; 2010 - 3 papers; 2009 - 2 papers; 2008 - 2 papers; and 2007 - 2 papers. Below are the papers by Dr. Maboloc. For a complete list, visit Researchgate.

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