UNESCO Office in Bangkok: Teaching materials philosophy

Philosophy

Open source materials for teaching philosophy (UNESCO Bangkok)

Persons who wish to send new materials or comments should write to Prof. Darryl Macer, email: rushsap.bgk (at) unesco.org. There is also ongoing research related to the evaluation and development of teaching philosophy.

There is also a number of open source materials available for teaching of bioethics and applied ethics here.

For information on the summaries of goals of teaching in different countries in Asia and the Pacific please refer to the website.

Darryl R.J.Macer and Souria Saad-Zoy (Editors). 2010. Asian-Arab Philosophical Dialogues on War and Peace. Bangkok, Regional Unit for Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific (RUSHSAP), UNESCO Bangkok. v + 119 p. ISBN 978-92-9223-316-7 (Electronic version, pdf file).

Darryl R.J. Macer and Souria Saad-Zoy (Editors). 2010. Asian-Arab Philosophical Dialogues on Globalization, Democracy and Human Rights. Bangkok, Regional Unit for Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific (RUSHSAP), UNESCO Bangkok. v + 119 p. ISBN 978-92-9223-314-3 (Electronic version, pdf file).

There is cooperation with the Asia-Pacific Philosophy Education Network for Democracy (APPEND), and several publications can be downloaded from the APPEND page http://www.eubios.info/APPEND.

This page is under development for a collection of open source materials for teaching philosophy.

Date last modified: 6 December 2011.

RUSHSAP

Regional Unit for Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific.

RUSHSAP aims to develop and promote social policies which uphold peace, human rights, democratic governance and tolerance. The main current projects and the detailed programme summary can be seen through the themes.

By following the links above, you can find information about our strategy, ongoing programmes and activities, upcoming and past events, as well as background information on social and human sciences in Asia and the Pacific.

The page also links a wide collection of resources on the topics of ethics education, social sciences and environmental ethics available for all to download.

Publications

UNESCO Courier (October-December 2011)

For the first time, the humanist project has acquired a universal dimension. Read: Humanism: a new idea
Asian-Arab Philosophical Dialogues on Culture of Peace and Human Dignity

This is the third volume of papers coming from the Asian-Arab Philosophical Dialogues that have been organized by UNESCO to stimulate philosophical re...
Water Ethics and Water Resource Management (Ethics and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific (ECCAP) Project, Working Group 14 Report)

The report is the product of international collaboration between members of Working Group 14 on “Water Ethics and Water Resource Management” establish...