FILIPINOVALUES: ITS UNIVERSALITY WITH HUMAN DIGNITYRoderico Y. Dumaug, Jr.ReporterHumanistic FoundationMPA Xavier (Ateneo de Cagayan) University

Dr. Maria Linda O. Manalo

WHAT IS THIS COUPLEDOING IN MYREPORT?

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO?

TO

FILIPINO

VALUES

HUMAN DIGNITY

and FILIPINOVALUES

VALUES?

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO?

TO

FILIPINO VALUES

FILIPINO VALUES

POLITICAL/ORGANIZATIONAL

SYSTEM

FILIPINO VALUESPOLITICAL/

ORGANIZATIONALSYSTEM

SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF A STATE OR ORGANIZATION

values*noun [ pronunciation:/valju:/ ]

•principles or standards of behavior;•one‘s judgment of what is important in life.From Old French, feminine past participle of ‘valoir’Latin ‘valere’ which means ‘be worth’*Oxford Dictionaries

values*

• things, ideas or people that are important to us.

• shapes our behavior and defines who we are.

• principles, standards or qualities considered worthwhile or desirable

• beliefs that people have as basis for their decision-making

• commits persons to action.• cohesive system of beliefs

that are freely chosen

*North Carolina State University

VALUE CLARIFICATION PROCESS• Value is chosen freely.

• It is chosen among alternatives• There is celebration• There is public affirmation of

choice • The value must be acted upon• Acting must be

repeatedly done• Value should

enhance one’s development

CLASSIFICATION OF VALUES:

ECONOMIC VALUESBEHAVIORAL VALUESSOCIAL VALUES

NON-SOCIAL & SELF-CONCERN VALUESMORAL & SPIRITUAL VALUES

theorieson the origins of values

• The “Inner Man” or Mentalistic Theory of Values by William James

• The “Outer Man” or Behavioral Theory of Values by BF Skinner

• The “Id” ; “Ego” ; “Superego” Theory of Values and Preferences by Sigmund Freud

• The Labeling Theory or Cultural Relativism Theory of Values

MANand

VALUES

MAN is ALWAYS inDIALOGUE with the WORLD

VALUES ARE DISCOVERED BY MAN IN HIS PARTICIPATION WITH THE WORLD

SENSORY

VITAL

SPIRITUAL

HOLY

WHOARE WE AS FILIPINOS?

AS A

PROUD

NATION.

WITHUNIVERSALVALUE

THE FILIPINO ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL VALUE

ORIENTATIONS

•Non-Rationalism Vs Rationalism• Personalism Vs Impersonalism• Particularism Vs Universalism•Nationalism Vs Internationalism

Stages and Development of Filipino Value Formation

PRECONDITIONAL STAGE: CHILDHOOD

THE CONVENTIONAL STAGE: YOUTH

POSTCONVENTIONAL STAGE: ADULTHOOD

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2

1

AMBIVALENCE OFFILIPINOSURFACE VALUES

B. F. SKINNER: BEYOND FREEDOM &DIGNITY

SYSTEM THAT DETERMINES

OR INFLUENCE VALUES

HIYA**Shame -Hypocrisy.Gaya-gaya.Hawa-hawa.Timid & weakness

+Peace of Mind.Lack of stress.

________

______AMORPROPIO **Saving Face-Pride. Fiesta.Shirk

+Sensitivity to personal affront

Responsibility

GULONG

NG PALAD*+

Faith

-IrresponsibilityDependence

*Wheel of Fortune

________

PAKIKISAMA*

*Group Loyalty

-‘Bata’, ‘Lakad’

Meddling.

Euphemisms.

Tolerance to

evil

+Empathy. Sympathy.

Peace is goal.

______BAHALA NA**Resignation

-Laziness disguised

in religious garb.Irresponsibility.

+Faith in God. Determinism.

________

UTANG NA LOOB*

*indebtedness

-Beholden.

Patron, Pakiusap.

Nepotism

Kapangyarihan

+Sense of

inner debt

KAPWAPAKIRAMDAM

“shared identity, an inner

self shared with

others”

K

A P WA

PAKIKIPAGKAPWA“being one with another”

Impossible to display

Kapwa through

the Surface

Value without

Pakiramdam.

Without Kapwa, one ceases to be a Filipino.

SOCIETAL AND

COMMUNITY

SYSTEM:

“BAYANIHAN”

SOCIETAL AND

COMMUNITY

SYSTEM:

“BAYANIHAN”

BAYAN - NATION

BAYANI - HEROISM

ANIHAN - HARVEST

SOCIETAL AND

COMMUNITY

SYSTEM:

“BAYANIHAN”

BAYAN - NATION

BAYANI - HEROISM

ANIHAN - HARVEST

1) MALAWEG - illu2) ITAWIS – tannawalinhwet 3) IBANAG – unyon4) ITBAYAT – machixo5) MARANAW – kapamagawida /

kapamagogopa6) PALAWANO – tabang-tabang7) SUBANEN – dundyug/ sod8) ILOKANO – ammoyo / tagnawa9) IVATAN – paysidu-sidungan /

mayuhu10) MANSAKA – palusung

“voluntary, reciprocal and communal work”

“Bayanihan is derived from the root word Bayani first

appeared in 1745 in a manuscript titled

“Vocabulario de la Lengua Tagala” by P. Juan de Noceda

and P. Pedro de Sanlucar which means Obra Comun or

group work.”

Magpabayani is another related word.

“The spirit that binds us together as one nation cannot be that of a class

conflict, as Marxism would have it, or Adam Smith’s capitalist principle of laissez faire (each one for himself),

but the power which has transported, even in pre-Hispanic times, one whole

house on the shoulders of people committed to help a friend in need:

the spirit of Bayanihan, the word expressive of our Solidarity – working

together as one nation. Raul J. Bonoan, S. J.”

HIYA AMOR PROPIO KAPALARAN PAKIKISAMA BAHALA NA UTANG NA LOOB

PANINIWALA SA DIYOS

PAGPAHALAGA SA PAMILYA

LOOB BAYANIHAN

Core Values

If Lacking/Absent

KAPWA

COLONIAL MENTALITY AND SUPERIORITY COMPLEX

COLONIAL MENTALITY AND SUPERIORITY COMPLEX

Filipino Value Type

Surface Value

PAKIRAMDAM

WORST

WORSE

BAD

B. F. SKINNER: BEYOND FREEDOM &DIGNITY

SYSTEM THAT DETERMINES

OR INFLUENCE VALUES

APPLICATION OF OUR UNDERSTANDING

CHICKEN OR THE EGG: CHANGING OUR SYSTEM

OR CHANGING OUR VALUES?

BEST ASSET*

*World Competitive Index

B. F. SKINNER: BEYOND FREEDOM &DIGNITY

SYSTEM THAT DETERMINES

OR INFLUENCE VALUES

IT’S MORE POVERTY IN THE PHILIPPINES

SOCIAL INJUSTICE IN THE PHILIPPINES

CHINESE DISCIPLINE

FILIPINO DISCIPLINE?

Chinese Public Educational System

Philippine Public Educational

System

“If you have a culture that doesn’t place much value in learning and scholarship and thrift and hard work and deferment of present enjoyment for future gain, the going will be much slower.”

B. F. SKINNER: BEYOND FREEDOM &DIGNITY

SYSTEM THAT DETERMINES

OR INFLUENCE VALUES

Values

MISSING LINK

RE-ENGINEER OUR SOCIETAL SYSTEMS THAT WILL

ENHANCE OUR CORE VALUES TO MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIALS OF THE FILIPINOS

STOP CONDEMNINGUNDERSTANDINGWILLINGNESS

WE NEED TO CHANGE

OUR PERCEPTIONON OUR CORE

FILIPINO VALUES

THE CALL: WE NEED TO EVOLVE OUR CORE

VALUES FOR THE FRUITION OF OUR FILIPINO

NATION

VALUE LADEN LEARNING FROM THE PAST, OUR FAILURES AS A NATIONAND ON OUR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY.

FRUITION OF A DIVERSE SOCIETY ADHERING TO

FILIPINO CORE VALUESIN ALL PHASES OF OUR COUNTRY’S DEVELOPMENT

AND THIS COUPLELANDED IN THEFORBES MAGAZINEAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S RICHEST.

THANK YOU!