Dr. Lemuel Sayao, a faculty of Cor Jesu College, is one of the Plenary Speakers in the 14th Social Ethics Society Conference this coming February 1-2, 2024 to be held at Cor Jesu College in Digos City. Dr. Sayon has a degree in Science Education from the Notre Dame of Marbel University. The theme of the conference is "Peace and Conflict Studies, Emerging Technologies and Ecological Sustainability." The event is expected to draw philosophy and ethics teachers across the country. For more information, send a message to the convenor, Dr. Rogelio Bayod through his email: roger.bayod@gmail.com
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...