Dr. Ruby Suazo gives Keynote Address in 4th Ethics for Nature Seminar

Dr. Ruby Suazo of the University of San Carlos delivered the Keynote Address in the 4th Ethics for Nature Seminar last March 15, 2023 at the Mindanao State University in Marawi. He explained the concept of environmental ethics in the context of the Filipino culture.

The big event, organized and hosted by the MSU Main Philosophy Department, was attended by more than a thousand students who were eager to listen and engage with the speakers and faculty who graced the activity. Atty. Aurora Lyn Racmat, the chair for Philosophy, gave the Opening Remarks.

Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc of the Ateneo de Davao University talked about the idea of inter-generational and intra-generational justice in relation to the problem of climate change, including concepts such as the "polluter pays principle" and "historic pollution."

Atty. Hamid Barra, a well-respected law professor and presently, the Minister of Human Settlements and Development in BARMM, emphasized during his lecture the role of Islam as a religion and way of life in the pursuit of holistic progress and lasting peace.

The Ethics seminar is held every semester at MSU as part of its curriculum. It is meant to promote social and environmental awareness, explains Dr. Godiva Eviota-Rivera, the Assistant Dean of the College of Social Sciences & Humanities.

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

Christopher Ryan Maboloc: An Intellectual Biography

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. A recipient of the Public Intellectual Prize from the Philosophical Association of the Philippines in 2020 and the founding President of the Social Ethics Society (SES), his noteworthy contribution is the use of philosophical theories to understand different socio-political issues and problems. Maboloc explores the juxtapositions between moral theory and r

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

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