BASIC VALUES

OF FILIPINO
BASED ON 1987
PHILIPPINE
CONSTITUTION
GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUES AND YOUTH MORAL RECOVERY PROGRAM
FOR NATION BUILDING
A SOURCE BOOK, 2ND EDITION WRITTEN AND COMPLIED BY SERGIO J. LEE

FILIPINO NATIONALISM BEGAN WITH AN UPSURGE OF PATRIOTIC SENTIMENTS AND NATIONALISTIC

IDEALS IN THE 1800S PHILIPPINES THAT CAME AS A CONSEQUENCE OF MORE THAN THREE CENTURIES OF
SPANISH RULE. THIS SERVED AS THE BACKBONE OF THE FIRST NATIONALIST REVOLUTION IN ASIA, THE
PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION OF 1896.THESE NATIONALISTIC SENTIMENTS HAVE LED TO A WIDE-RANGING
CAMPAIGN FOR POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM IN THE PHILIPPINES.

"GOOD GOVERNMENT IS NOT ENOUGH TO LET US WORK ON BEING GOOD CITIEZENS" -

COMMISSIONER TERESA BALTAZAR.
 IF WE HAVE TO BUILD A BETTER NATION WE HAVE TO
DEMAND FROM OUSELVES EACH OF US TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN
THATS IS VALUE BASED AND VALUE DRIVEN. LETS NOT LEAVE
OUR FUTURE ON THE HAND OF OUR LEADERS ALONE. IF WE
CANNOT FIND HEROES AMONG OUR LEADERS LETS FIND THEM
AMONG OUR ORDINARY PEOPLE. WHO WILL BUILD OUR NATION
BY HEROIC ACT BEING GOOD CITIEZEN ALL DAYS OF THEIR LIVES.

"THE ONLY CONSTANT THING IN THE WORLD IS CHANGE."

I DO BELIEVE THAT BEFORE CHANGING OUR NATION WE MUST
START FIRST CHANGING OURSELVES HAVING SELF DISCIPLINE
AND PATRIOTIC LOVE IN OUR COUNTRY WILL LEAD TO A BETTER
NATION .
TO GIVE THE STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS OF THE FILIPINOS SHE
PROPOCESS FOLLOWING GOALS FOR CHANGE.

• DEVELOP IN FILIPINO SENSE OF PATRIOTISM AND NATIONAL

PRIDE A GENUINE LOVE, APPRECIATION AND COMMITMENT
TO THE PHILIPPINES AND FILIPINO THINGS.

• DEVELOP SENSE OF COMMON GOOD THE ABILITY TO LOOK

BEYOND SELFISH INTEREST, A SENSE OF JUSTICE, AND SENSE
OF OUTRAGE AT ITS VIOLATION.

• DEVELOP VALUES AND HABITS OF DISCIPLINE AND HARD

WORK, SELF REFLECTION AND ANALYSIS ALONG WITH THE
INTERNALIZATION OF SPIRITUAL VALUES
 PREAMBLE OF THE 1987 PHILLIPPINE CONSTITUTION

"WE THE SOVEREIGN FILIPINO PEOPLE IMPLORING THE AID OF

ALMIGHTY GOD, IN ORDER TO BUILD A JUST AND HUMAN
SOCIETY AND ESTABLISH A GOVERNMENT THAT SHALL EMBODY
OUR IDEALS AND ASPIRATIONS, PROMOTE THE COMMON
PATRIMONY, AND SECURE TO OURSELVES AND POSTERITY THE
BLESSINGS OF THE INDEPENDENCE AND DEMOCRACY UNDER THE
RULE OF LAW AND REGIME OF TRUTH, JUSTICE, FREEDOM, LOVE,
EQUALITY AND PEACE, AND DO ORDAIN AND PROMULGATE THIS
CONSTITUTION”
I. THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUES CLUSTER
A. PAGKAMAKA-DIYOS
1. FAITH IN THE ALMIGHTY - 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 HIS
HEART BUT BELIEVES THAT WHAT HE SAYS WILL HAPPEN, IT SHALL BE DONE FOR HIM, "
(MARK 11:2923)
2. RESPECT FOR LIFE - "LIFE IS RAW MATERIAL. WE ARE ARTISANS. WE CAN SCULPT OUR
EXISTENCE INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL. OR DEBASE IT INTO UGLINESS. IT'S IN OUR
HANDS." (CATHY BETTER)
3. ORDER - "ORDER IS THE SANITY OF THE MIND, THE HEALTH OF THE BODY, THE PEACE OF
THE CITY, THE SECURITY OF THE STATE, AS THE BEAMS OF THE HOUSE, AS THE BINES OF THE
BODY, SO IS ORDER TO ALL THINGS." (ROBERT SOUTHEY)
4. WORK - "IF A MAN WILL NOT WORK, HE SHALL NOT EAT." (2 THESSALONIANS 3:10)
"GIVE FISH TO A MAN AND HE WILL HAVE FOOD TO EAT FOR A DAY. TEACH HIM HOW TO
FISH AND HE SHALL HAVE FOOD TO EAT THROUGHOUT HIS LIFETIME." (CONFUCIUS)
5. CONCERN FOR THE FAMILY AND FUTURE GENERATIONS - "WHEN HIS PARENTS SAW
HIM, THEY WERE ASTONISHED AND HIS MOTHER SAID TO HIM, SON' WHY HAVE YOU DONE
THIS TO US? YOU'RE 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 THIS THINGS IN HER HEART." (MATTHEW 19:4-7)
B. PAGKAMAKA-TAO

1. LOVE- "LOVE IS PATIENT... IT NEVER FAILS. IT IS ETERNAL... THERE ARE

FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE AND THE GREATEST OF THIS IS LOVE." (1
CORINTHIANS 13)
2. FREEDOM- "FREEDOM CONSIST NOT DOING WHAT WE LIKE, BUT IN
HAVING THE RIGHT TO DO WHAT WE OUGHT." - (POPE JOHN PAUL II)
3. PEACE- “GLORY TO GOD TO THE HIGHEST AND ON EARTH AND PEACE TO
MEN OF GOODWILL.” – (LUKE 2:14)
4. TRUTH- THE TRUTH CAN BE HIDDEN FOR A TIME BUT IT CANNOT BE
OVERCOME.” – (ST. AUGUSTINE)
5. JUSTICE- “YOU, LORD, ARE JUST IN ALL YOUR WAYS, FAITHFUL IN ALL
YOUR WORKS.” ( PSALM 145:17) “TREAT OTHERS THE WAY YOU HAVE THEM
TREAT YOU”. (MATTHEW 7:12)
C. PAGKAMAKA-BAYAN
1.UNITY- “BE HOLD HOW GOOD AND PLEASANT IT IS BRETHREN TO DWELL TOGETHER IN
UNITY.” – (PSALM 133)
2.EQUALITY- “THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL; THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR
CREATOR WITH INALIENABLE RIGHTS…” – (THOMAS JEFFERSON).
3. RESPECT FOR LAW AND GOVERNANCE- “THE LAW IS NOT MEANT TO CURTAIL
FREEDOM; IT IS MEAN TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CITIZEN ACTS RESPONSIBLY WHILE EXERCISING
HIS FREEDOM”. – (TIBI, 2004).
4. PATRIOTISM- “THE FILIPINO IS WORTH DYING FOR” (SEN. BENIGNO AQUINO JR.)
“PATRIOTISM IS NOT SHORT OUTBURST OF EMOTION, BUT A LIFETIME OF DEDICATION.” (AR.
STEVESON)
5.PROMOTION OF THE COMMON GOOD- “COMMON GOOD IS A SUBSTANTIAL AND
EXTREMELY FERTILE ESTATE, NO CROWDING OR DIMINISHMENT AS IT IS SHARED WITH
OTHERS.” – (ST. AUGUSTINE)
6.CONCERN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT- “FOR 200 YEARS WE’VE BEEN CONQUERING
NATURE. NOW WE’RE BEATING IT TO DEATH.” (MACMILLAN) “AND NOW, WE HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING… TO SAVE OUR ONLY PLANET EARTH… BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!” – (SJ LEE,
2004).
II. NATIONALISIM AND NATIONAL PRIDE

A. NATIONALISM IS A PATRIOTIC FEELING OF LOVE FOR ONE’S OWN

COUNTRY OR A STRONG DEEP SEATED ATTACHMENT TO ONE’S NATIVE
LAND.
B. NATIONAL PRIDE ARE THE NATIONAL SYMBOL OF OUR COUNTRY.
NATIONAL FLAG – THE FILIPINO FLAG
NATIONAL HYMN – THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ANTHEM
NATIONAL FLOWER – THE SAMPAGUITA
NATIONAL TREE – THE NARRA TREE
NATIONAL HOUSE – THE NIPA HUT
NATIONAL COSTUME – BALINTAWAK FOR WOMEN AND BARONG TAGALOG
FOR MEN
NATIONA HERO – DR. JOSE RIZAL
THE FILIPINO FOLK DANCES – TINIKLING, CARANOSA, PANDANGGO SA ILAW
THE PATRIOTIC PLEDGE – ANG PANATANG MAKABAYAN
THE NATIONAL SEAL OF THE PHILIPPINES REPUBLIC
C. TEACHING NATIONALISM
1. USE CLASSROOM DECORATION THAT INCLUDE PICTURES OF FILIPINO
GREAT MEN, LOCAL HISTORICAL SCIENCES, AND INSPIRING QUOTATION BY
FILIPINO PATRIOTS.
2. ESTABLISH A FILIPINANA SECTION IN THE LIBRARY.
3. ESTABLISH A SOCIAL SCIENCE MUSEUM TO EXHIBIT RELICS AND
DOCUMENTS WITH CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL VALUES.
4. REQUIRE THE EXTENSIVE USE OF FILIPINO HYMNS AND FOLK SONGS.
5. USE NATIVE MATERIALS FOR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION/USE.
6. STUDY BIOGRAPHIES OF GREAT FILIPINOS.
7. COMMEMORATE HISTORICAL EVENTS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE.
8. CELEBRATE SPECIAL DAYS.
9. ORGANIZE EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIP TO PLACES OF HISTORICAL
INTEREST IN AND AROUND MANILA.
10. VISIT BEAUTIFUL SPOTS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
11. ORGANIZE PAGEANT PRESENTATION ON FILIPINO TALENTS.
12. ORGANIZE EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT OF PHILIPPINE PRODUCTS.
III. CONTENTS AND MEANING OF FILIPINO
NATIONALISM
A. HISTORIC SERVICE OF NATIONALISM NATIONALISM
THE CEMENTING PRINCIPLE THAT UNITES PEOPLE OF A NATION, IN
ORDER TO REALIZE AN IDEAS THAT WILL BEACOME NATIONAL WITH RESPECTS
AND DIGNITY IT SERVES AMONG OTHER NATION.

B. THE DEVELOPEMENT OF FILIPINO NATIONALISM

THE LACK OF NATIONAL SENTIMENTS WAS THE CAUSE OF ALL
FAILURES AND SPORADIC REVOLTS IN THE PHILIPPINES FROM 1565 TO 1872

C. THE PROGRAM OF FILIPINO NATIONALISM

THE PROGRAM.OF FILIPINO NATIONALISM HAS BEEN TO. FORGE
INSTRUMENTS THAT WOULD LIBERATE AND COMPLETELY AMANCIPATED
FILILIPINOS IN ALL CASPECT OF THE NATIONAL LIFE
Y ALL AND DEVELOPED
B. DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF FILIPINO PEOPLE NECESSARY TO
PROPERLY CONTROL THE HUMAN ACTS

1.DUTIES OF PEOPLE
- HAVE CERTAIN DUTIES OR OBLIGATION TO PERFORM

THE FOLLOWING ARE A MUST:

A. TO VOTE HONESTLY AND WISELY
B. TO OBEY THE LAWS OF THE LAND
C. TO RESPECT PUBLIC AUTHORITY
D. TO BE LOYAL TO THE REPUBLIC
E. TO DEFEND THE MOTHERLAND
F. TO PAY TAXES TO THE GOVERNMENT
G. TO TAKE ACTIVE INTEREST IN LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS
2. RIGHTS
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF RIGHTS THAT A CITIZEN OF
A DEMOCRATIC STATE MUST ENJOY:

- NATURAL RIGHTS
- CIVIL RIGHTS
-POLITICAL RIGHTS
- CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
- STATUTORY RIGHTS