ST.

VINCENT’S COLLEGE INCORPORATED

MASTER OF EDUCATION MAJOR IN SOCIAL STUDIES
MESS 110 Philippine Values & Filipino Personality

ELEMENTS &
COMPOSITION
Filipino Values
Discussant: ASHER CHIMNEY A. PAUSAL
 Values
• Basic & fundamental beliefs that guide or
motivate attitudes or actions
• Help us to determine what is important to us
• The motive behind purposeful action
• The ends to which we act and come in many forms
 ETHICAL
PRACTICE
MORAL ETIQUETT
CODES E

FILIPI CULTURA
IDEOLOGI NO L&
ES VALUE PERSONA
S L VALUES
 Religion
Kinship

Commercial Relationship

VALUE SYSTEM OF
Obligation FILIPINOS Friendship
Kinship
• one of the main organizing principles of society;

• An individual's social relationship

to others as established by blood
(consanguinity), marriage (affinity),
adoption, or fictive ties.
Obligati
• defined as a duty or commitment:

on
being legally or morally bound to do
something. or; a debt of gratitude for
a service or favor.
Friends
• represents an informal social

hip
connection, one that is of central.
importance given its function in
connecting individuals into much larger
social networks.
 Religion
• From the Latin religio (respect for what is sacred) and
religare (to bind, in the sense of an obligation)

• describes various systems of belief and practice that

define what people consider to be sacred or spiritual

• Some form of religion is found in every known culture,

and it is usually practiced in a public way by a group
 HIYA
• Propriety ELEMENTS
• Dignity

• Companionshi
PAKIKISAMA p
• Esteem

KAPWA UTANG • Gratitude

(Togetherness) • Solidarity
NA LOOB

SURFACE - Readily seen and observed

 PAKIKIRAMDAM
• Propriety
HIYA
• Dignity

• Companionshi
PAKIKISAMA p
• Esteem

KAPWA UTANG NA • Gratitude

(Togetherne LOOB • Solidarity
ss)

Ibang Hindi Ibang

Tao Tao
Other notable key elements:

• Optimism about the

• Pessimism
future with regards to present situations & events
• The concern and care for other people
• The existence of friendship and friendliness
• The habit of being hospitable
• Religious nature
• Respectfulness to self and others
• Respect for the female members of society
• The fear of God
• Abhorrence of acts of cheating and thievery
The Filipino Values specifically
upholds the following items:
• Solidarity of the family unit
• Security of the Philippine economy

• Orientation to small-groups

• Personalism
• The concepts of "loob" or "kalooban"
• Existence and maintenance of smooth
interpersonal relationships
• The sensing of the feelings or needs of others
 Relationship Cluster

FILIPINO VALUES
Social Cluster

Livelihood Cluster

Inwardness Cluster

Optimism Cluster