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103The Notions of the Human Person and Human Dignity in Aquinas and WojtylaKritike 3 (1): 40-60. 2009.At the center of the various transformations and advancements inmodern society is man. It is man by whom and for whom these transformations and advancements are made. But one negative factoraccompanying these transformations is the violence or the degradation of the human person and his dignity, more alarming is the violence committed by man against his fellow man. Today, there is so much violence in the world, everyday we hear about killings, kidnappings, rapes, abortion, terrorist attacks, hun…Read more
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19The Critical Role of Philosophy in the Future of the PhilippinesPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 24 (1). 2023.
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16A Critical Look at Religious Diversity and Responding to Its ChallengesIn Soraj Hongladarom, Jeremiah Joven Joaquin & Frank J. Hoffman (eds.), Philosophies of Appropriated Religions: Perspectives from Southeast Asia, Springer Nature Singapore. pp. 337-351. 2023.Religious diversity has been a subject of many discussions and debates. Many scholars have concluded that although many religions exist, we can maintain a more accommodating and pluralistic attitude to this diversity. However, we may find contradictions when we reduce religious beliefs to their most fundamental tenets. Preferring one over the other may ultimately result in rejecting the contrary beliefs as false or unacceptable. Since religious beliefs have truth claims, they have epistemologica…Read more
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15The Critical Role of Philosophy in the Future of the PhilippinesPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 24 (1): 168-181. 2023.As we face an uncertain future for our country, philosophers – the so-called lovers of wisdom - are tasked to revisit our role in shaping our country's future and molding the consciousness of our people, especially the young. In this paper, I focus on the evolution of philosophy in the Philippines, what we have done as teachers and philosophers in and for the academe, and what else we need to do not only for the future of philosophy in our country but for the future of our country as well. In th…Read more
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14Rawlsian Distributive Justice and the Philippine Ayuda Program During the PandemicPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy 23 (1): 202-217. 2022.This paper discusses the philosophical concept of John Rawls on distributive justice and how it can be applied as a possible guide in the Philippine ayuda distribution during the COVID-19 pandemic. First, it discusses how the pandemic affected the Philippine economy and the complaints on the ayuda program regarding the ayuda distribution in the country. Second, it explains Rawlsian distributive justice and Rawls’ ideas, such as the veil of ignorance, liberty, and difference principles. Lastly, i…Read more
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11The Incompatibility of God's Existence with Human Freedom: Sartre's Existential AtheismPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 36 (1). 2007.This paper deals with atheism, Sartre's notion of absolute freedom and Jean-Paul Sartre's claim of the irreconcilability of human freedom with God’s existence. For Sartre, man to be truly human must continuously create his own essence and continuously assert himself. Man can achieve this because he is absolutely free; the affirmation of God would undermine the exigencies of man's freedom and creativity. The question on the impossibility of the coexistence between the affirmation of God's existen…Read more
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10The good and happy life: an introduction to ethical systems and theories with selected primary textsUniversity of Santo Tomas Publishing House. 2019.
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9On Suffering, Finding Meaning, Divine Love and Eternal LifePhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 22 (2): 291-297. 2021.
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9Critical Thinking in This Time of Global PandemicPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 21 (2): 285-290. 2020.
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6Editor's NotesPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 19 (1): 5-8. 2018.
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5IN MEMORIAM: Juan Rafael G. MacaranasPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 24 (2). 2023.
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5Notes of ContributorsPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 25 (1). 2024.
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4Editor's NotesPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 24 (1). 2023.
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4Editorial BoardPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 25 (1). 2024.
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4On Dignity, Poverty, and Charity: Addressing Poverty Through CharityPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 25 (1). 2024.
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4Editor's NotesPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 24 (1): 5-7. 2023.
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3Book of Abstracts - JPII Centennial International Conference Concurrent SessionsPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 21 (Special Issue). 2020.
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3The Appropriation of Political Power in Contemporary TimePhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 19 (2): 219-230. 2018.In this paper, I will focus on the nature and appropriation of political power, and explore the right appropriation of political power given the present political and social condition. I discuss first the nature of political power, and then the three political alternatives in the appropriation of political power, namely, the centralized, the dispersed, and the balanced power. I argue that although there are still states that hold on to the centralized power, given the present political and socia…Read more
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3Editor's IntroductionPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 21 (Special Issue). 2020.
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3Editor's NotesPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 20 (2). 2019.
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3Philosophia January 2024 coverPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 25 (1). 2024.
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2Teaching: a Dialogical Relation for Continual Learning and GrowthProceedings of the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy 50 15-20. 2018.One of the noblest of all professions is teaching, in fact all the other professions depend on the profession of teaching. Teaching is a channel of knowledge and the teacher acts as an instrumental cause in the acquisition of knowledge of others. At the center of the learning process and teaching profession is not the teacher, but the student – the human person to whom teacher concentrates his entire energy and effort, the reason and end of the learning process. The teacher however is an indispe…Read more
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2Books and journals receivedPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 20 (1). 2019.
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2Table of ContentsPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 21 (1): 166-167. 2020.
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2PHILOSOPHIA June 2020 CoverPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 21 (2). 2020.
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2Notes on contributorsPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 20 (2). 2019.
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2Table of contentsPhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophy (Philippine e-journal) 21 (2). 2020.