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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