LIST OF CORE AND RELATED VALUES

ANCHORED ON HUMAN DIGNITY

HUMAN DIGNITYHuman dignity is something that can’t be taken away. Each and every person has value, are worthy of great respect and must be free from slavery, manipulation and exploitation.

Human dignity is inviolable and it must be respected and protected. The dignity of the human person is not only a fundamental right in itself, but constitutes the basis of fundamental rights in international law.

The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights enshrined this principle in its preamble: ‘recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world’.

1. HEALTH AND HARMONY WITH NATUREHOLISTIC HEALTH RESPECT FOR LIFE

PHYSICAL FITNESS ENVIRONMENTAL CARE

2. TRUTH AND WISDOMCRITICAL THINKING/HOLISTIC THINKING ENLIGHTENMENT/INSIGHT

FUTURES ORIENTATION SCIENTIFIC HUMANISM

3. LOVE AND COMPASSIONSELF-WORTH/SELF-CONFIDENCE/SELF-ACTUALIZATION

HONESTY/INTEGRITY SELF-DISCIPLINE EMPATHY/CARING AND SHARING

4. CREATIVITY AND APPRECIATION OF BEAUTYIMAGINATION INTUITIVE SENSE

ARTISTIC EXPRESSION SENSITIVITY

5. PEACE AND JUSTICERESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

TOLERANCE EQUALITYCO-OPERATION ACTIVE NON-VIOLENCE

6. SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC JUSTICE AND EQUITY

PRODUCTIVITY/EFFICIENCYSTEWARDSHIP OF RESOURCES WORK ETHIC/INDUSTRY

SIMPLICITY

7. NATIONAL UNITY AND GLOBAL SOLIDARITY LOVE OF COUNTRY INTERDEPENDENCE

DEMOCRACY INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDINGACTIVE & RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP GLOBAL PEACE

UNITY IN DIVERSITY

8. GLOBAL SPIRITUALITYFAITH IN THE SACRED SOURCE RELIGIOUS TOLERANCEINNER PEACE UNITY AND INTERCONNECTEDNESS

FOR THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN PERSON

HEALTH AND HARMONY WITH NATURE

Health used to mean the absence of disease but today it has taken on a more comprehensive meaning because the interrelationships between physical health and the other dimensions of a person are being considered.

OBJECTIVES:TO ENABLE VALUERS TO:• Demonstrate a positive attitude and desirable habits

toward keeping oneself physically and mentally fit;• Enhance one’s physical and spiritual well-being through

strategies for self-integration;• Implement a continuing program for physical fitness

appropriate to one’s interest, time and bodily needs;• Commit to the promotion and practice of respect for life

and other forms of life in the environment

• Commit to integrating environmental concern into the practice of one’s chosen lifework and to contributing actively towards sustainable development; and

• Practice center that prevents environmental degradation to safeguard the rights of the future generations.

Holistic health, a state of physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being.

PHYSICAL

SPIRITUAL

SOCIAL

MENTAL

One basic element contributing to a person’s general health is physical fitness, which consists of a positive attitude and desirable habits toward keeping oneself physically and mentally fit.

Respect for life is a fundamental value

related to health and harmony with nature.

People must take care of their bodies and guard

against the destruction of human life. Likewise, people should protect other forms of life on

earth as stewards of all creation.

Environmental concern calls for a sense of caring and responsibility for the natural environment.

People’s concern forenvironmental quality

safeguards the interests of the future generations.

INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF ALL LIFE FORMS

ECOSYSTEM: AN INTERDEPENDENT SET UP OF BIOTIC, I.E. LIVING ELEMENTS SUCH AS PLANTS AND ANIMALS, AND OF ABIOTIC, I.E. NON LIVING ELEMENTS SUCH AS SUNLIGHT, GLASSES, MINERALS THAT SUSTAIN LIFE.

• ECOLOGY: “SCIENCE THAT STUDIES THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF ORGANISMS TO EACH OTHER AND THE ECOSYSTEM IN WHICH THEY LIVE.”

• ENVIRONMENT : “ALL THE ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIPS TO ONE ANOTHER. ENVIRONMENT HAS EXTENDED ITS MEANING TO INCLUDE NOT ONLY THE ECOSYSTEMS BUT THE POLITICAL, CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND OTHER EXTERNAL INFLUENCES THAT AFFECT IT.”

• STEWARDSHIP: “OUR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE USE OF WHAT WE HAVE, HOPEFULLY FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS (MCGINNIS, PARENTING FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE)

• NEEDS: “WHAT SCIENTISTS AGREE A PERSON REQUIRES TO SUSTAIN LIFE AND TO FOSTER GROWTH OF DESIRABLE HUMAN POTENTIALS (SIDNEY JOURARD, HEALTHY PERSONALITY); A STATE OF PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING (PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS VALUES EDUCATION FRAMEWORK).”

• FACT SHEET:• ⊄ ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE OCEANS

INCLUDE, IN PARTICULAR, OVER-FISHING AND MARINE POLLUTION.

• ⊄ SOURCES OF MARINE POLLUTION INCLUDE MUNICIPAL SEWAGE, INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL RUN OFF, OIL SPILLS AND THE DUMPING OF TOXIC AND OTHER HAZARDOUS WASTES.

• ⊄ THE INCREASING AMOUNT OF SPACE “JUNK” IS A POLLUTION PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN LARGELY OVERLOOKED.

• ⊄ ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION CAUSED BY SUCH FACTORS AS OVEREXPLOITATION OF THE LAND, DROUGHT AND GLOBAL CLIMACTIC CHANGES LEADS TO DEEPENING POVERTY AND FAMINE

.

• ⊄ THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR PRESENTS US WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM DESTRUCTION.

• ⊄ NORMALLY, CARBON DIOXIDE, WHICH IS ABSORBED BY PLANTS, IS ONLY 3 PER CENT OF THE ATMOSPHERE BUT IN THE LAST CENTURY, IT HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT 25 PER CENT.

• ⊄ THE EARLIEST CENSUS FOR FISH CATCH WAS CONDUCTED IN 1903, WHICH REVEALED AN ESTIMATED 4.2 TONS PER FISHERMAN PER YEAR. THIS ESTIMATE DECREASED TO 1.8 TONS IN 1980.

• ⊄ ONLY 3 PER CENT OF THE WORLD’S WATER IS FRESH I.E. NOT SALTY SEAWATER.

ACTIVITY…• INVITES PARTICIPANTS TO PICTURE THEIR BODY IN THEIR

MIND. AS THEY SEE THEMSELVES IN THEIR IMAGINATION, THEY WILL GET IN TOUCH WITH THE PRESENT STATE OF THEIR BODY. THEN, THEY WILL RECALL THE VARIOUS POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ELEMENTS THAT HAVE AFFECTED IT IN THE PAST. THEY WILL ALSO CONSIDER HOW THEIR BODY HAS BEEN COPING WITH THESE ELEMENTS SO FAR.

•SHARE YOUR REFLECTIONS FROM THE EXPERIENCE WITH A SEATMATE…

HEALTH PRACTICES

• LIST DOWN SOME OF YOUR HEALTH PRACTICES: NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE

• IN THE NEGATIVE WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS YOU CAN DO IN ORDER TO CORRECT SUCH PRACTICE

Positive practices

Negative practices

Possible solutions

•BRAINSTORM WHAT IN THEIR OPINION WOULD CONSTITUTE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. THIS SHOULD RANGE FROM DIETARY PRACTICES TO LIFESTYLE…

•AFTER THE SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS, EACH GROUP WILL PRESENT THEIR OUTPUT.

•AN EMPHASIS COULD BE GIVEN TO THE IDEA OF CARING FOR ONE’S BODY NOT FOR SELF SERVING PURPOSES, BUT RATHER FOR MORE EFFECTIVE SERVICE TO OTHERS.