MODULE (PART 2)

LESSON 1: GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUES

Good citizenship means to conduct oneself in accordance with the rights, duties, and privileges
of being an inhabitant of a geographical location by means of birth or naturalization. It is
important to have a good citizenship because it makes generally a positive society. Good
citizens make our society a far better place by improving the environment that they live in. This
provides everyone with a way of community to a part and a way of pride and responsibility
where they live in.

1. Pagkamaka-Diyos

-The literal English translation of the term is ‘being for God’. In its expansive meaning,
godliness. It is defined as the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous.

Good Citizenship Values of Pagkamaka-Diyos

a. Faith in the Almighty

-Be God fearing and live according to His will.

“Faith without Work is Dead”

-James 3:26

“Jesus said to them, “Have faith in God. Whoever says to the mountain, “Be lifted up and thrown
to the sea”, and does not doubt in heart but believes that what he says will happen, it shall be
done for him”.

-Mark 11:22-23

“For just a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead”.

-James 3:26

b. Respect for Life

-Recognize the absolute value of human life and the human dignity of every person.

“God created man in His image; in the divine image He created him; male and female he

created them.”

-Genesis 1:27
“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from
God, and that you are not your own? For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore glorify
God in your body.”

-1 Corinthians 6:19-20

“I have come that they may have life and have it to the full”.

-John 10:10

c. Order

-Respect the human rights and comply with your duties and responsibilities.

“Then Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to those who were selling things, saying to

them, “It is written, “My house shall be a house of prayer, but you made it a den of thieves”.

-Luke 19:45-46

“God is not the God of disorder but of peace”.

-1 Corinthians 14:33

d. Work

-To appreciate the value of work.

e. Concern for the Family and Future Generations

-Look after the welfare of your family and future generations.

“From the beginning the Creator “made them male and female” and said, “for this reason a man
shall leave his father and mother and be joined with his wife, and the two shall become one
flesh”. So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no
man put asunder.

-Matthew 19:4-7

“When His parents saw Him, they were astonished, and his mother said to Him, “Son, why have
you done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety...” He went
down with them to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and His mother kept all these things in
her heart.

-Luke 3:48-49, 51-52

2. Pagkamaka-Tao

This core value means being sensitive to individual, social, and cultural differences. Moreover, a
person who possesses the core value makatao demonstrates contribution towards solidarity.

Good citizenship values of Pagkamaka-Tao

a. Love - To look after the good and welfare of one another.

“Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; Love is not ill mannered or selfish and
irritable; love does not keep a record of the wrongs: Love is not happy with evil but delights in
the truth. Love never gives up. Love never fails. Loge is eternal...There are faith, hope and love
and the greatest of these is Love.”

-1 Corinthians 13

“I give you a new commandment: love one another.”

-John 13:34

“Love is the fulfilment of the law.”

-Romans 13:10

b. Freedom

-Assert your right to be able to do the right things.

“For you were called for freedom, brothers, but do not use this freedom as an opportunity for

the flesh; rather, serve one another through love.”

-Galatians 5:13

“Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought”.

-Pope John Paul II

“The great gift of being a human being lies in our freedom to continually right our wrongs and
make new persons of ourselves.

-Wang Yang Ming

c. Peace

-Live and work together in harmony. Avoid violence as a way of setting disputes.

“Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to men of goodwill.”

-Luke 2:14

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”

-Mt. 5:9

“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace

must be constructed.

-UNESCO Constitution

d. Truth

-Stand for the truth and avoid intrigue and mudslinging.

“If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the
truth will set you free.

-John 8:31-32

“But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his good works may be clearly seen as
done in God”.

-John 3:21

“The truth can be hidden for a time, but it cannot be overcome.”

-Saint Augustine
e. Justice

-Give everyone their due. Do not oppress or take advantage of anyone.

“Treat others the way you want to have them treat you.”

-Matthew 7:12

“You, Lord, are just in all your ways, faithful in all your works.”

-Psalm 145:17

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

3. Pagkamaka-Bayan

- It consists of unity, wherein Filipinos should work together as a country to form the right
relationships with each other.

Good citizenship values of Pagkamaka-Bayan

a. Unity

-Work together and share with one another.

“Behold how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.

-Psalms 133:1

“If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided

against itself, that house will not be able to stand”.

-Mark 3:24-25

“Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit,
intent on one purpose.”

-Philippians 2:2
b. Equality

-Treat one another as brothers and sisters being children of one God and one nation.

“Then God said: Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.”

-Genesis 1:26

“Injure not the poor because they are poor, nor crush the needy at the gate; for the Lord will
defend their cause....

-Proverbs 22:22-23

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed
by their Creator with inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness.

-Thomas Jefferson

c. Respect for Law and Government

“They show that the demands of the law are written in their hearts, while their conscience

also bears witness and the conflicting thoughts accuse or even defend them.

-Romans 2:15

“Let every person be subordinate to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from
God, and those that exist have been established by God. Therefore, whoever resists authority
opposes what God has appointed, and those that oppose it will bring judgment upon
themselves. For rulers are not a cause of fear to god conduct, but to evil.”

-Romans 13:1-3

“Where law ends, there tyranny begins”.

-William Pitt

d. Patriotism

-Place the good of the country above one’s own.

e. Promotion of the Common Good

-Put the welfare of the greater number of people over one’s own. Do not be greedy and selfish.

“For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save
it.”

-Mark 8:35

“The Filipino is worth dying for.”

-Sen. Benigno Aquino, Jr.

“Patriotism is not a short outburst of emotions but a lifetime of dedication”.

-Adlai E. Stevenson

4. Pagkamaka-Kalikasan

It is simply showing concern for the environment because love for the environment is part of
being Filipino.

Good citizenship values of Pagkamaka-Kalikasan

a. Concern for the Environment

-Keep your surroundings clean and conserve our natural resources

“Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all
the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground.

-Genesis 1:26

“You visit the Earth and water; it makes it abundantly fertile. God’s stream is filled with water;
with you supply the world with grain. Thus, do you prepare the Earth; you drenched plowed
furrows and level their ridges. With showers you keep the ground soft, blessing its young
sprouts.

-Psalms 65:10-11

“For 200 years we’ve been conquering Nature. Now we’re bearing it to death.

-Tom McMillan