PHILIPPINE VALUESPat Ray M Dagapioso
What are values?
Values• 1. Cultural standards by which
people assess desirability, goodness and beauty.
• 2. Are statements about what ought to be.
Values• 3. Values also express goals or
purposes of social action. • 4. Values also extols questions of
morality and what is desirable and important in the society.
Values• 5. Values influence a person’s
behavior.• 6. Values can be seen, be applied
and be imitated from a consensus of peoples, through travellers, missionaries, journalists, social scientists, educators and others.
Philippine Values
What shapes Philippine Values?
Philippine Values
• 1. Cultural Influences from Aeta, Indonesian, Malaysian, Hindu, Arabian, Chinese, Spanish and American.
• 2. Can be Characterized as:– A. Oriental – e.g. Chinese, Hindu– B. Western – e.g. American, Spanish
Philippine Values
• A. Karma • – the Hindu
concept of action
• - the natural law of causation
Philippine Values
• A. Karma:• “God does not make
one suffer for no reason nor does He make one happy for no reason. God is very fair and gives you exactly what you deserve”
Philippine Values
• B. Feng Shui
Philippine Values
• B. Feng Shui - Chinese system of geomancy believed to use the laws of both Heaven (Chinese astronomy) and Earth to help one improve life by receiving positive qi.
Philippine Values
• C. Spanish Values• D. American Values
Four Basic Filipino Values• - according to Jaime Bulatao’s studies• 1. Emotional closeness and security in a family• 2. Approval from authority and society• 3. Economic and social betterment• 4. Patience, endurance and suffering
Philippine Values• - according to Robin Williams • 1. Equal Opportunity• 2. Achievement and Success• 3. Material Comfort• 4. Activity and Work• 5. Practicality and Efficiency
Philippine Values• - according to Robin Williams • 6. Progress• 7. Science• 8. Democracy and Free Enterprise• 9. Freedom
Philippine Values• - according to Panopio and Raymundo• 1. Non-rationalism and Rationalism• 2. Personalism and Impersonalism• 3. Particularism and Universalism• 4. Filipino Nationalism
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