RIZAL’S IDEALS AND PHILOSOPHIES

BSA II-St. Simon

PATRICIA MANALAC REPORT

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Rizal was known as ilustrado which was the name used or attached by young

men who opposed the policies of the Spanish government and the church or simply

they are anti-friar. Their primary focus is to promote "self-government" where people are

being prioritize, supported and heard. According to Rizal's political view, when the Spain

colonized our country, he believed that they should have used their power to help us in

developing our country, educating the Filipino people, and the implementation of

different policies which are focus to the people of the Philippines instead of using it to

manipulate us, made us slaves and totally abused us in no limit but it didn't happened.

So our hero, Dr. Jose Rizal wanted us to be free with the hands of the Spaniards. So

what he did was he criticized them by means of his two novels, the "Noli Me Tangere"

and "El Filibusterismo". However, the Spaniards soon knew about them, so they treated

the Filipinos in a harsher way. They made them slaves, they force them to work in their

military service and in constructing churches, schools, hospitals, buildings and repair

roads and bridges and other public works. They also abused their power by means of

exploitation from which they use someone or something in a way that helps them

unfairly. Then they considers people who opposed them as criminals. Since they act

superior that time, any complaint will put your life in danger.
 Due to manipulation of the Spaniards, the Filipinos have been turned into

someone who are ignorant, destitute and fanatic and the national sentiment that the

country holds have been set aside and nearly forgotten. Jose Rizal wanted to change

the way the Spanish governs, so he slips up and formulated different political reforms.

Rizal had four reforms, one is the restoration of Filipino representation to the

Spanish Cortes and the freedom of the press, second is the reorganization of the

administration machinery wherein he wants the secularization of parishes, improvement

of the judicial procedure, and quality and efficiency of the government personnel. The

third one is the adoption of a comprehensive examination and the publication of its

results and allowing Filipinos to have the same opportunity with the Spaniards to hold

government office equal to the Spaniards. Lastly, he likes to establish justice as the

foundation of society and the government. He believed that fairness should prevail in

order to obtain a stronger understanding and relationship.

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ETHICAL PHILOSOPHY

Human behavior is special to Rizal’s life. It is the foundation why he fought for

our freedom. Ethical Philosophy is giving importance and giving recognition of what is

right and wrong and good and bad. Rizal ethical philosophy is came from science which

he pertains to natural science. Rizal is known as natural scientist.

Rizal recognizes not only the forces of good and evil but also the tendencies of

good and evil. He focuses on what good and evil can do rather what good and evil

came from. In addition, his advocacy emphasize the immoral attitude of the friars giving

birth to his novels to fight the evil doings of spaniards. Fighting for Filipinos to be treated

as reasonable and just is the main ethical philosophy of Rizal by censuring the friars. He

added that happiness and love is the object of marriage not financial gain and loving

parents is also needed.

SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY

From the experience of Rizal, there are social philosophy developed such as

man in society, influential factors, racial problems, social constant, social justice, social

ideal, poverty and wealth, reforms, youth and greatness, history and progress, and the

future of the Philippines.

He emphasized that family is basic unit of society so it is one of the philosophy of

Rizal that parents need to be respected by their children. In addition, woman influence
is much more influential than man. He made the idea of giving importance to women.

Women must be respected individuals in the society and need to be protected.

On the other hand, equal distribution of wealth brings peace to every individual

for it will not provide crab mentality among Filipinos. In this case, having the same

status makes same treatment and emphasizing that education is also wealth.

Lastly, recognition of own dignity and rights is a help for the Philippines to have

social progress. Knowing our rights is knowing who we are in this country and knowing

that we are citizen of this country is knowing our own rights as Filipino.