ACERP2018 Official Conference Proceedings ISSN: 2187-476x SURVIVING & THRIVING IN TIMES OF CHANGE Art Center Kobe, Kobe, Japan | March 22–24, 2018 ACP2018/ACERP2018 | Programme & Abstract Book ACP2018/ACERP2018 | Programme & Organised by The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) in association with the IAFOR Research Centre at Osaka University and IAFOR’s Global University Partners www.iafor.org “To Open Minds, To Educate Intelligence, To Inform Decisions” The International Academic Forum provides new perspectives to the thought-leaders and decision-makers of today and tomorrow by offering constructive environments for dialogue and interchange at the intersections of nation, culture, and discipline. Headquartered in Nagoya, Japan, and registered as a Non-Profit Organization 一般社( 団法人) , IAFOR is an independent think tank committed to the deeper understanding of contemporary geo-political transformation, particularly in the Asia Pacific Region. INTERNATIONAL INTERCULTURAL INTERDISCIPLINARY iafor The Executive Council of the International Advisory Board Mr Mitsumasa Aoyama Professor June Henton Professor Baden Offord Director, The Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Dean, College of Human Sciences, Auburn University, Professor of Cultural Studies and Human Rights & Co- USA Director of the Centre for Peace and Social Justice Southern Cross University, Australia Lord Charles Bruce Professor Michael Hudson Lord Lieutenant of Fife President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Professor Frank S. Ravitch Chairman of the Patrons of the National Galleries of Economic Trends (ISLET) Professor of Law & Walter H. Stowers Chair in Law Scotland Distinguished Research Professor of Economics, The and Religion, Michigan State University College of Law Trustee of the Historic Scotland Foundation, UK University of Missouri, Kansas City Professor Richard Roth Professor Donald E. Hall Professor Koichi Iwabuchi Senior Associate Dean, Medill School of Journalism, Herbert J. and Ann L. Siegel Dean Professor of Media and Cultural Studies & Director of Northwestern University, Qatar Lehigh University, USA the Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Australia Former Jackson Distinguished Professor of English Professor Monty P. Satiadarma and Chair of the Department of English Professor Sue Jackson Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer in Psychology & Professor of Lifelong Learning and Gender & Pro-Vice Former Dean of the Department of Psychology and Master of Teaching and Learning, Birkbeck, University Rector of the University, Tarumanugara University, Professor Arthur Stockwin of London, UK Indonesia Founding Director of the Nissan Institute for Japanese Studies & Emeritus Professor Mr Mohamed Salaheen The University of Oxford UK Professor Sir Geoffrey Lloyd Director, The United Nations World Food Programme, Senior Scholar in Residence, The Needham Research Japan & Korea Institute, Cambridge, UK Professor Chung-Ying Cheng Fellow and Former Master, Darwin College, University Mr Lowell Sheppard Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawai’i at of Cambridge Asia Pacific Director, HOPE International Manoa, USA Fellow of the British Academy Development Agency, Canada/Japan Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Chinese Philosophy His Excellency Dr Drago Stambuk Professor Keith Miller Croatian Ambassador to Brazil, Brazil Professor Steve Cornwell Orthwein Endowed Professor for Lifelong Learning in Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies, the Science, University of Missouri-St.Louis, USA Professor Mary Stuart Osaka Jogakuin University, Osaka, Japan Vice-Chancellor, The University of Lincoln, UK Osaka Local Conference Chair Professor Kuniko Miyanaga Professor Gary Swanson Director, Human Potential Institute, Japan Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence & Mildred S. 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Robert Lee Fellow, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University, USA Hansen Endowed Chair, The University of Northern Former Professor of English at Nihon University, Colorado, USA Tokyo from 1997 to 2011, previously long taught Professor Dennis McInerney at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK Professor Jiro Takai Chair Professor of Educational Psychology and Co- Secretary General of the Asian Association for Social Director of the Assessment Research Centre Psychology & Professor of Social Psychology Professor Dexter Da Silva The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Graduate School of Education and Human Professor of Educational Psychology, Keisen University, SAR Tokyo, Japan Development, Nagoya University, Japan Professor Brian Daizen Victoria Professor Svetlana Ter Minasova Professor Georges Depeyrot Professor of English President of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Professor and Director of Research & Member of the Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Area Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University Board of Trustees French National Center for Scientific Research Professor Yozo Yokota (CNRS) & L’Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France Professor Michiko Nakano Director of the Center for Human Rights Affairs, Japan Professor of English & Director of the Distance Former UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Professor Johannes Moenius Learning Center, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan Professor Kensaku Yoshida William R. and S. Sue Johnson Endowed Chair of Professor of English & Director of the Center for the Spatial Economic Analysis and Regional Planning Professor Thomas Brian Mooney Teaching of Foreign Languages in General Education, The University of Redlands School of Business, USA Professor of Philosophy Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan Head of School of Creative Arts and Humanities Professor of Philosophy and Head of School of Creative Arts and Humanities, Charles Darwin University, Australia The Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy 2018 Official Conference Proceedings ISSN: 2187-476X © The International Academic Forum 2018 The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) Sakae 1-16-26-201 Naka Ward, Nagoya, Aichi Japan 460-0008 ww.iafor.org Table of Contents Angel Time in the Undiscovered Country: The Cultural and Philosophical Context of Contemporary Afterlife Fiction for Young Adults Sophie Masson pp. 1 - 13 The Blank Moral Frameworks for the New-Media Journalism Landscape Theethavat Janevatchararuk pp. 15 - 26 Alleviating Poverty in Mindanao through the Creation of Shariah- Compliant Credit Surety Funds: An Empirical Evidence Kim Kwangmoon Ma. Josephine Therese Emily G. Teves Sarah Grace L. Candelario pp. 27 - 42 The Language of Piety and Sympathy. A Reading of the Culture of Spirituality in Bicol Region through Pasion Bicol Maria Sharon Mapa Arriola pp. 43 - 53 YHWH’S Cult: Reading Deuteronomy Through the Lens of the Bildung Tradition and F.P. Demeterio’s “Dialogical Hermeneutics” Framework Julio Ramillo Mercurio pp. 55 - 66 Language as a Barrier to Informed Consent and Patient Communications in South African Hospitals-A Working Paper Sylvester C.Chima pp. 67 - 83 Appreciating Inclusive Education: A Regular Classroom Experience in the Philippines Juan Rafael G. Macaranas pp. 85 - 94 A Philosophy of Traveling: The Family as Carrier of Culture Juan Rafael Macaranas Basilisa Padua Macaranas pp. 95 - 103 The Role of Arts in Preserving/Transforming National Identity in Times of Change: Filipino Context Jove Jim S. Aguas pp. 105 - 113 The Ecological Ethics of Laudato Si', Its Pedagogy and Doable Solutions for A Greener Philippines Antonio Levy S. Ingles Jr. pp. 115 - 123 Faith in the Context of Migration: Ethnographic Features of Faith of Migrant Filipino Catholics in Macau, China Ian Shelley Alabanza pp. 125 - 141 Process Consciousness and Process-free Consciousness in the Cognitive Process of Buddhist Psychology: A Study Dipen Barua pp. 143 - 154 Re-conceptualizing the Cult of Sava Zeus Mirko Uros Tasic pp. 155 - 166 The Query of Identity in the Postmodern World Trishna Pallabi Lekharu pp. 167 - 173 Social Distance and Empathy: Is There Such Thing as Selective Empathy? Robert Oloan Rajagukguk Julia Suleeman Rika Eliana Bonita Lee pp. 175 - 186 On the Free Choice of the Will in Faith or Reason: A Study of Augustine of Hippo Yuling Lin pp. 187 - 193 Back to the Sustainability! Seeking the Common Vision of Ecological Reconciliation in Christianity, Ren, and Tao Chia-Chun Jim Chou pp. 187 - 201 Spiritualism or Materialism: A Philosophical Reflection of Swami Vivekananda’s Thought Satyendra Kumar Srivastava pp. 203- 214 Does Rule Utilitarianism Support In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)? Kwan Yin Chiu pp. 215- 224 The Tragedy of Humanism: Education at the Crossroads? Raymond Aaron Younis pp. 225- 235 The Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy 2018 Official Conference Proceedings Angel Time in the Undiscovered Country: The Cultural and Philosophical Context of Contemporary Afterlife Fiction for Young Adults Sophie Masson, University of New England, Australia The Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy 2018 Official Conference Proceedings Abstract In recent years, fiction specifically set in or about the afterlife has become a popular, critically acclaimed sub-genre within contemporary speculative fiction for young adults, especially but not only in English-language publishing. These narratives, where the main characters die at the beginning of the story and find themselves in a world beyond death, have evolved within a rich cultural context, including inspirations from folklore, philosophy, mythology, religion, adult literature both classic and contemporary, and contemporary screen-based narratives. Young adult afterlife fiction depicts ‘the