The Question of Justice to be launched in February

The Question of Justice in Contemporary Liberal Theory, published in November 2024, offers a comprehensive examination of modern liberalism and its critiques. The work delves into the perspectives of notable thinkers such as Robert Nozick, Iris Marion Young, Michael Sandel, Amartya Sen, Martha Nussbaum, and Thomas Pogge. The book will be launched on February 7, 2025 during the 15th Social Ethics Society Conference in Davao City.

The book comprises ten chapters that explore various dimensions of justice within the framework of contemporary liberal theory. The book critically analyzes the foundational principles of modern liberalism, addressing its strengths and limitations. He engages with libertarian critiques, communitarian perspectives, and the capabilities approach, providing a nuanced understanding of justice in today's complex social landscape.

This work emphasizes the importance of considering structural injustices and the lived experiences of marginalized communities. He argues that traditional liberal theories often overlook these aspects, leading to incomplete conceptions of justice. By incorporating insights from global justice theorists and emphasizing the significance of cultural and social contexts, the book offers a more holistic view of what constitutes a just society.

The foreword by Dr. John Weckert and endorsements from scholars like Dr. Göran Collste and Dr. Juichiro Tanabe highlight the book's contribution to the discourse on justice, particularly from a Global South perspective. The book is recommended for students and academics in the social sciences, philosophy, and ethics, as it bridges theoretical discussions with real-world issues, providing a valuable resource for understanding justice in contemporary society.

Statement of the SES expressing its opposition to the proposal to remove Ethics in the GE Curriculum

We, members of the Board of Directors of the Social Ethics Society, express our strong opposition to the proposal to remove ethics in college. Such move is bereft of merit and is ignorant as to the value and purpose of the teaching of the course, which is thoroughly rooted in the integral and critical function of higher education. The proposal to transfer it to Senior High School deprives college students of the teaching of ethics as a professional course, which is crucial in their civic engagements and the pursuit of a democratic society that can only be grounded in responsible citizenship and critical thinking. The direction of Edcom and its advisers from the technical panels of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) reduces our whole education system into a mode of creating docile workers who will constitute the labor force that will serve the whims and interests of a capital intensive and consumer driven globalized neoliberal economic order. It only breeds our subser...

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, Radical Democracy, and the Ethics of Technology. He is an Associate Professor at Ateneo de Davao University and a Visiting Professor at Silliman University. Dr. Maboloc was an ASAP - Yale Global Justice Fellow where he was mentored by the renowned philosopher Thomas Pogge. 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 finished AB Philosophy, cum laude, at Ateneo de Davao University under a Yuchengco Foundation scholarship. He has a Masters in Philosophy from Ateneo de Manila University. He holds an Erasmus Mundus Masters in Applied Ethics from Linköping University in Sweden and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. He was the Erasmus Mundus (EM) Representativ...

Statement of the SES BOD Chair

The Social Ethics Society was founded in 2010 by the late Dr. Romulo Bautista, a professor at Ateneo de Davao University who did his doctorate on Marx at the University of Madrid in Spain, and Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc, then a young teacher at Ateneo de Davao. The first SES Conference was held at the University of Mindanao. Its original membership was only 15, consisting mainly of the masters students of the two founders. While in the peripheries of academia, the SES pursued its goals of helping teachers in Mindanao develop their craft in ways that is consistent with philosophy as an exercise of the human will and as the highest expression of the human intellect. When its proponents presented the concept, it was suggested that the Union of Philosophical Societies and Associations in the Philippines (USAPP) will lobby for a new bill that will professionalize philosophy in the country. That was in 2018. Top UST philosophy academics, upon the invitation of Peter Elicor, attended t...

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