The Filipino Philosophy of Values and Values Formation (Ethel Grace R. Gabriel)

Republic of the Philippines
Pangasinan State University

OPEN UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS
Lingayen, Pangasinan
Course Code: Cognates

Course Title: Seminar in Foundations of Values Education
Professor: Dr. Erna Salazar
Ethel Grace R. Gabriel, EdD – Educational Management Student
THE FILIPINO PHILOSOPHY OF VALUES AND VALUES FORMATION
PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS OF FILIPINO VALUES

 Filipino values are centered at maintaining social harmony, motivated
primarily by the desire to be accepted within a group.
o In their desire for social acceptance, Filipinos are:
 Marunong makibagay;
 Marunong makiisa;
 Marunong makilahok;
 Marunong makipagpalagayang loob;
 Marunong makisalamuha;
 Marunong makisangkot;
 Marunong makitungo; and
 Marunong makisama.
 Filipino values are anchored in its strong belief in God.
o Filipinos give importance to:
 Pananampalataya;
 Panalangin; and
 Kusang-loob.
COMMON and SHARED FILIPINO VALUES

(Source: National Commission for Culture and the Arts – NCAA)
 FAMILY
o Family is of utmost importance to Filipinos. It is the source of strength
and inspiration to brave through challenges in life. This is also where
one learns the value of respect, kindness, love, and faith in God.
 EDUCATION
o For many Filipinos, education serves as the way to a better future.
Sustainable education ensures better job security.
 FAITH
o God for Filipinos is the Supreme Being, “ang labaw sa tanan”.
o “Nasa Diyos ang awa, nasa tao ang gawa”.
 HEALTH and WELLNESS
o Health and Wellness are a priority because this serves as some sort of
investment to accomplish what Filipinos want to do in life. Health and
Wellness range from the physical to mental, as well as spiritual. It is
important that all three are equally healthy.
 BASIC NEEDS
o For Filipinos, food, shelter, clothing, and medicine are the basic needs
essential to function in their daily lives and help them live as humans
with dignity.
 SELF
o To be able to show one’s true self, to display the values one has
learned from family, religion, and community, and to express oneself
are important to many Filipinos. To do this, one must be able to
cultivate a string sense of integrity.
 WORK and LIVELIHOOD

o A secured job means a secured mind and secured family. “Pag may
kabuhayan, tahimik ang buhay. Walang mag-iisip na magnakaw, kasi
meron naman siya.”
 PEACE and DEVELOPMENT

o Peace and Development are connected. When one has inner peace, it
manifests in their treatment of other people. This peace, in turn,
contributes to a peaceful society.
 HONESTY and INTEGRITY

o Honesty and integrity are two connected concepts, and both values
that should be embodied by an ideal public servant. For government
employees, these are especially important, and they are evident from
the smallest things such as going to work early to major actions such
as, resisting the culture of corruption.
 RESILIENCE
o There are two types of resilience: one that comes from the self and one
that comes from the community.
 LIFE and PURPOSE

o A Filipino saying goes, “Habang may buhay, may pag – asa.” Many
mentioned that their lives and purposes are of importance. Having a
purpose in life for some is the key to happiness.
 HUMAN RIGHTS
o While Filipinos believe treating others equally, many underprivileged
sectors in our society are deprived of their fundamental rights. Thus,
these sectors view rights valuable.
 ENVIRONMENT
o The concept of environment is important to all Filipinos regardless
where they come from. Lives and livelihood depend on nature. An
environment in peril also puts lives and cultures are risk.
 LOVE FOR COUNTRY

o Filipinos have different ways of showing love for their country. It can be
seen through OFWs sacrificing their lives to work abroad even though
they would love to stay in the country. It is manifested by soldiers who
are willing to put their lives on the line to protect the sovereignty of the
Filipinos. Even in small things, such as respecting laws and buying
locally made products, Filipinos show their love for the motherland.
 HAPPINESS
o Filipinos are known to be happy people. Filipinos always find reasons
to smile despite life’s difficulties.
 KAPUWA
o Kapuwa is a core Filipino value, a word that encompasses both the self
and the other. The good that the family, neighbors, and community is
always considered in everything one does. This is emphasized by the
saying, “Ang kapuwa ko ay ako rin.”
 CULTURE, ARTS, and SCIENCES

o In a place with multiple cultures like the Philippines, it is important to be
immersed not only in one’s culture but in other’s as well. Through this,
one develops sensitivity to cultures outside his / her own. It is vital,
therefore, that respect for one’s own and another person’s culture is
taught at a young age.
o Culture also faces another problem; with modernization, some
languages, indigenous knowledge systems, practices and other
artifacts are threatened and slowly disappearing. It is important that,
along with scientific community, the government develops a program
that supports the safeguarding of endangered cultures.
 GOVERNANCE
o Filipinos value a strong and reliable government – a government that is
governed by an authority figure, one who has good leadership and
vision, knows how to discipline his / her citizens, and is never selfish. A
governance that lacks these values will lead to its country’s downfall.
 CREATIVE EXCELLENCE
o While creativity is often connected to the arts, creative excellence is
also a value in everyday life. In a society filled with daily struggles,
creative ways of sustaining oneself is important for survival.
THINGS PINOYS are KNOWN FOR
 Filipinos are very resilient.

 Filipinos take pride in their families.
 Filipinos are very religious.
 Filipinos are very respectful.
 Filipinos help one another.
 Filipinos value traditions and culture.
 Filipinos love to party.
 Filipinos have the longest Christmas celebrations—ever.
 Filipinos love to eat.
 Filipinos love to sing.
 Filipinos love art and architecture.
TOXIC FILIPINO TRAITS
 “Bahala na” Attitude

o Roughly translated as “come what may”, this is the Filipinos’ own
version of fatalism, the belief of trusting in Divine providence or leaving
everything to the hands of fate. It is a Filipino’s way of avoiding
rationalization or good reason,
o While this trait can sometimes be helpful in time of adversity, the
mentality of “what goes around, comes around,” can also keep us from
finding ways out of tough situations.
 Procrastination or “Mañana Habit “

o This is the Filipino habit of leaving for tomorrow what can be done
today. They tend to postpone their actions for a later time thus reducing
accomplishments.
o Filipinos are fond of saying “bukas na lang” or “sa susunod na lang”
due to laziness. This arises from a slack mentality that a problem will
eventually go away by itself.
 Crab Mentality
o Filipinos tend to possess this mentality especially when they feel
insecure. In a way, crab mentality also promotes an unhealthy
competition.
o Instead of doing things that could help one to develop and become
better than his competitors, Filipinos devote so much of their time
gossiping and back-biting. It is their way of deviating people’s attention
on their inadequacy by focusing on other people’s faults.
 Lack of self- discipline

o We have laws and regulations in order to achieve a harmonious
community. However, most Filipinos have this penchant of
disregarding the rules in order to prioritize what they want.
o There’s a theory that explains why Filipinos lack discipline or fail to
implement rules, and it is something that is ingrained in our very
culture. Being oppressed by various colonizers for such a long time
made our ancestors defiant of the rules they believed to be
discriminatory; thus, creating a mentality of “self-righteous
disobedience.” This is reflected on how Filipinos break laws to save
time. For example, even when a signage clearly says ‘No Jaywalking’,
Filipinos will still choose to cross the fatal road because it’s more
convenient and for them “righteous” to cross there.
 Filipino Time
o Related to the mañana habit, Filipino time refers to the Filipinos’ own
unique brand of time, which is known to be minutes or hours behind the
scheduled or standard time. This behaviour drives time-observant
foreigners to get frustrated because Filipinos tend not to observe
punctuality at all. It’s a dreadful habit that needs to be stopped as it
hinders productivity and progress. Not to mention that you’re not only
wasting your own time but other people’s time as well.
 Ningas-kugon
o Filipino term for the tendency of individuals to start a new task with
much enthusiasm, only to stop working on it entirely soon after. It
literally means the burning of cogon grass, which burns brightly only
during the few seconds after it was lit.
STAGES OF FILIPINO VALUE FORMATION
 PRE-CONDITIONAL STAGE: CHILDHOOD

o is the phase wherein children comply with the values of those who
assert power on them (parents, teachers, nuns, and priests).
 THE CONVENTIONAL STAGE: YOUTH

o during the conventional stage or youth, adolescence identify with their
peers, idols and teachers due to interpersonal communication.
 POST-CONVENTIONAL STAGE: ADULTHOOD

o the people internalize the values they have imbibed in the first two
stages without fear.

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Republic of the Philippines

Pangasinan State University

Course Code: Cognates

THE FILIPINO PHILOSOPHY OF VALUES AND VALUES FORMATION

PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS OF FILIPINO VALUES

COMMON and SHARED FILIPINO VALUES

 WORK and LIVELIHOOD

 PEACE and DEVELOPMENT

 HONESTY and INTEGRITY

 LIFE and PURPOSE

 LOVE FOR COUNTRY

 CULTURE, ARTS, and SCIENCES

 Filipinos are very resilient.

TOXIC FILIPINO TRAITS

 “Bahala na” Attitude

 Procrastination or “Mañana Habit “

 Lack of self- discipline

STAGES OF FILIPINO VALUE FORMATION

 PRE-CONDITIONAL STAGE: CHILDHOOD

 THE CONVENTIONAL STAGE: YOUTH

 POST-CONVENTIONAL STAGE: ADULTHOOD

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