An Ethical Assessment of Philippine Laws on National Security through Deontological Ethics

• Main Author: Velasco, David Joseph O.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2021
• Subjects: national security; deontology; ethics; human rights; natural rights.
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/conf_shsrescon/2021/paper_tph/3; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/conf_shsrescon/article/1709/viewcontent/Velasco.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

As a democratic country, the Philippines value the natural rights enshrined in the Constitution. Filipinos, particularly those who were involved in the preservation of democracy, were up in arms when the Republic Act 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act and formerly, the repealed Republic Act 9372 or the...