Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc of Ateneo de Davao University has recently published his 100th paper. "Biopower, New Normal, Human Decency, and Otherness: Philosophical Reflections on the Covid-19 Pandemic," has been included as a chapter in the new book Covid-19 and Public Policy, published in the UK by Emerald Publishing House, edited by Dr. Manas Chatterji of the University of Binghamton in New York.
The paper explains the origin, nature, issues, and impact of the public health emergency, thereby tracing and analyzing the social, economic, and the political implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic through the philosophical lens of Martin Heidegger and Albert Camus. The paper was presented at an international conference hosted by Binghamton University and also organized by the editor Dr. Chatterji.
Dr. Maboloc has published in journals such as the Journal of Public Health, Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology, Disaster Preparedness and Medicine, the Philosophical Quarterly of Israel, and the Journal of Human Values, among others, including articles or chapters in Sage, Philosophy Documentation Center, Springer Nature, Oxford University Press, Columbia University Press, and Cambridge University Press. He also ranks number 1 in the AD Scientific Index for Philosophy in the Philippines.
The Ateneo professor has written papers on the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte. He has published on the Philosophy of Technology, bioethics, and climate change, including papers on the Philosophy of Education, and the Philosophy of Science. He has received two research grants from Ateneo, first for the project Radical Democracy in the Time of Duterte and second, for Structural and Historical Roots of Injustice in Muslim Mindanao.