(Public Lecture, World Philosophy
Day, University of San Carlos, 2014)
The role of political philosophy in
contemporary times has remained intact, and it is to address the most important
political question known to man since the ancient times: What is the meaning of
justice? The socialism we find in Marxism is a philosophy not just of protest
or criticism, but a moral philosophy of detailing the struggle for equality
that seeks to transform political structures. Liberal democracy right now
may or may not provide the answer. But this is only because there is really no
fool-proof moral prescription to the problem of social justice.
