The first day of the SES-PUP International Ethics Conference at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan was filled with great wisdom. The Plenary and Concurrent Discussions speakers delivered interesting and critical papers on a host of important issues. Dr. Maji Rhee (Waseda University) talked about Alastair MacIntyre and virtue ethics, Dr. Ian Clark Parcon (Ateneo de Davao University) discussed his thesis on agonistic democracy, and Dr. Napoleon Mabaquiao (De La Salle University) explored the question of moral personhood and Artificial Intelligence. The event is co-organized by the Social Ethics Society and the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
The presenters delivered equally important papers dealing with topics such as feminism, AI, environmental ethics, social justice, and Bioethics. Dr. Juichiro Tanabe, conference chair and host, welcomed the participants while Fr. Dexter Veloso, President of the Social Ethics Society, formally opened the event attended by academics from the University of the Philippines, De La Salle University, Ateneo de Manila University, the University of San Carlos, University of Los Banos, the University of Santo Tomas, Toyo University, Mindanao State University, MSU-IIT, Ateneo de Davao University, North Valley College, Saint Louis University, and Ateneo de Davao University, among others.
