Abstract This article traces the trajectory of the Catholic Church’s discourses on drug use in the Philippines since the first time a statement was made in the 1970s. By drawing on official statements by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), it argues that shifts in emphasis have taken place through the years: the destruction of the youth, attack on human dignity, and then social moral decay. Collectively, they emanate from an institutional concern for peace and order. But they also reflect the moral panic around drug use that has been around for decades, which, on several occasions, Filipino politicians, including President Duterte, have mobilized as a populist trope. In this way, the article historicizes the Catholic Church’s official statements and frames them in terms of morality politics through which values and corresponding behavior are defined by an influential institution on behalf of society whose morality it deems is in decline. The article ends by reflecting on the recent statements by the CBCP that invoke compassion and redemption.

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道德政治：菲律宾的毒品使用和天主教会

摘要本文追溯了自1970年代首次发表声明以来，天主教教会在菲律宾的毒品使用话语的轨迹。通过借鉴菲律宾天主教主教大会的正式声明，它强调多年来的重点转移：青年的破坏，对人的尊严的攻击以及随后的社会道德沦丧。总的来说，它们源于对和平与秩序的体制关注。但它们也反映了数十年来围绕毒品使用引起的道德恐慌，包括杜特尔特总统在内的菲律宾政客在几次场合动员起来成为民粹主义者。这样，这篇文章对天主教会的官方声明进行了历史化，并以道德政治为框架，通过道德政治，一个有影响力的机构代表其认为道德在下降的社会来界定价值观和相应行为。本文最后回顾了CBCP最近援引同情和救赎的声明。