Tag: humanity
The origins of morality, the glue that binds human societies
Jumping off from Hector Gamboa’s excellent piece Evolution-based Morality? Don’t Pick Up the Soap!, I thought I’d share my own readings on the controversial subject of the origins of morality. …
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Abortion is really a simple issue if you take the ‘soul’ out of the debate
Nobody who rests comfily within the bed of Establishment thinking seems to want to take a position on the debate around abortion. The highest profile players in this arena include …
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Life is cheap in the Philippines: recent events prove it
The sad economics of human life is plain as day. Close to 6,000 Filipinos died just recently after super-typhoon Yolanda (a.k.a. Haiyan) struck the Philippines’ coconut growing heartland in November …
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On Edsa People Power and the legacy of the Jabidah massacre
It’s been 27 years since the Edsa People Power, a time when we all hoped for the best. Where has that spirit gone? Has that “Proud to be a Filipino” tagline, …
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