THEORY AND PRACTICE: What is Humanist Education?
In his 1950 Nobel Prize lecture, Bertrand Russell says, “the main thing needed to make the whole world happy is intelligence,” and such,...
THINK ON THESE: People who changed the world
“History is a jangle of accidents, blunders, surprises and absurdities, and so is our knowledge of it, but if we are to report it...
THINK ON THESE: Halting deforestation
I am not sure if this merits attention from our lawmakers, both local and national. But I think today is the right time now...
THINK ON THESE: Reducing poverty: Is it possible?
“We were dirt poor. I had to work since the age of five, to help my mother feed my three siblings and me. Many...
THINK ON THESE: This purpose-driven life
We have different purpose in life. “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly...
THEORY AND PRACTICE: What is Human Development?
The Indian economist and philosopher Amartya Sen, defines human development as “the capacity of people to expand the freedoms they enjoy.” In his celebrated...
THINK ON THESE: Pay it forward
Two days ago, I received an e-mail from a friend. It was a story of a man and an old lady. After reading it,...
THINK ON THESE | Gossiping: Preaching the bad news
ONCE upon a time, there were three priests who came together in a park. While talking with each other, they started to reveal...
THEORY AND PRACTICE: What is Post-Modernism?
Post-modernism, as a philosophy, is often attributed to the project of Jacques Derrida, who says that Western metaphysics is logo-centric. To echo Martin Heidegger,...
THINK ON THESE: Suffer not those children
“A former child laborer in Davao del Sur rises above adversity, now attains a dream of attending college,” goes the headline of a news...