De La Salle University Publishing House (DLSUPH)
STRUCTURAL JUSTICE AND COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY
by: F. P. A Demeterio III
Published and distributed by
De La Salle University (DLSU) Publishing House, 2019
ISBN 978-971-555-657-6
Social Science
The Catholic Church in the Philippines is most visibly represented by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), which is noted to have strengthened its political involvement since the EDSA Revolution of 1986. Structural Justice and Collective Responsibility offers a systematic critique of the organization’s 21st-century sociopolitical discourses using as a perspective the theory of structural justice and collective responsibility of the North American philosopher, political theorist, feminist writer, and activist Iris Marion Young (1949–2006). The overarching intention of this book is to show how the CBCP can further strengthen its political and social engagements with the Philippine society by proactively leading the country in minimizing current structural injustices and inequalities through a more systematic marshalling of its tremendous organizational and human resources.
F. P. A. Demeterio III is Professor of Filipino and Director of the University Research Coordination Office at De La Salle University. He is the author of Ang mga Ideolohiyang Politikal ng Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (2012) and Ferdinand Blumentritt and the Philippines (2013), as well as of various essays on hermeneutics, cultural studies, Philippines studies, and Filipino philosophy that have been published in a number of local and international journals. He served as a visiting research professor at the Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., in 2013. In 2014, Demeterio was recognized as an outstanding alumnus in the field of philosophy by the Graduate School of the University of Santo Tomas.