Filipino

Moral
FILIPINO MORAL
IDENTITY AND MORAL
Idenity

Moral
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DEVELOPMENT
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 What is Filipino Society?

Composed of a mixture of different races and

culture, many of which influence the lifestyle and
values being practice in the Philippine community.
The resulting blend of this mixture of influences is
uniquely Filipino in character.
 INTRODUCTION
What is
ABSTRACT What is Moral?
Identity?
Filipino
Moral
Idenity

created primarily as a result of pre-

Moral
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and foreign traders intermixing and
gradually evolving together
 INTRODUCTION
ABSTRACT What is Moral? What is Identity?

Filipino
Moral
Idenity

distance learning

Moral relates to the principles of what is

considered right or wrong
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 INTRODUCTION
ABSTRACT What is Moral? What is Identity?

Filipino
Moral
Idenity

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what do you think of yourself and what
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aspects in living your life are personally
important
 What is Moral Identity?

Filipino
Moral
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Level of personal importance that
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you give in that you deem
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behavior.
 Factors that help form Filipino Moral Identity Strength and
Weaknesses of Filipino Characteristics

Filipino STRENGTHS wEAKNESSES

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Idenity

1. Pakikipagkapwa- Tao
2. Family Orientation
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3. Joy and Humor
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5. Hard Work and Industry
6. Faith and Religiosity
7. Ability to Survive
 Factors that help form Filipino Moral Identity Strength and
Weaknesses of Filipino Characteristics

Filipino STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

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1. Extreme Personalism
2. Extreme Family Centeredness
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3. Lack of Discipline
ment 4. Passivity and Lack of Initiative
5. Colonial Mentality
6. Kanya-Kanya Syndrome
7. Lack of Self-Analysis and Self-Reflection
 MORAL
DEVELOPMENT
 Lawrence Kohlberg
October 25, 1927- January 19, 1987
Filipino
Moral  American psychologist
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 started as a development psychologist
and then moved to the field of moral
Moral
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education
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 well known for his Theory of Moral
Development
 What is Moral Development?

Filipino
Moral
Idenity  what each person goes through as they
grow and develop
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 refers to the ways people choose
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 continuous process
 Pre-Conventional Moral Reasoning

Filipino
Moral
Idenity  judgement based solely on a person’s
own needs and perception
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 based on external rewards and
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punishments
 typically children under the age of 10
 Conventional Moral Reasoning

Filipino
Moral  expectations of society and law are taken into
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account
 laws and rules upheld simply because they are
Moral laws and rules
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 concern is to fit in and play the role of good
citizen
 typically most adults
 Post-Conventional Moral Reasoning

Filipino
Moral
Idenity  judgement based on abstract, personal
principle not necessarily defined by
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society’s laws
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 reasoning based on moral standards
 most adults do not reach this level
 Kohlberg’s Six Stages

Filipino PRINCIPLED
Moral CON-
Idenity
SOCIAL SCIENCE
CON-
LAW TRACT
Moral AND
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ment SELF BOY/GIRL
OBEDIENCE
INEREST
AND
PUNISHMENT

Pre-Conventional Conventional Post-Conventional

PRECONVENTIONAL MORAL
REASONING

(Stages 1 & 2 )
 STAGE 1
Punishment-Obedience Orientation
Filipino
Moral
Idenity
At this stage:
 children see rules as fixed and absolute
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 they obey rules in order to avoid punishment
Develop-  determine sense of right and wrong by what is
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punished and what is not punished
 STAGE 2
Self-Interest Orientation
Filipino
Moral
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At this stage:
 reciprocity is possible, but only if it serves
one’s own interests
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Develop-
 motivated by vengeance of “an eye for an eye”
ment philosophy
 do a favor only to get a favor
CONVENTIONAL MORAL
REASONING

(Stages 3 & 4 )
 STAGE 3
“Good Boy-Good Girl” Orientation
Filipino
Moral At this stage:
Idenity  attempts to live up to the social roles and
expectations of the family and community
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 follow rules so they can win approval
Develop-  begin to put themselves in another’s shoes
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and think from another perspective
 STAGE 4
Law and Maintaning the Social Order Orientation

Filipino
Moral At this stage:
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 people begin to consider society as a whole when
making judgements
 the focus is on maintaining social order because
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 duty to uphold rules and laws for their own sake
justifies moral conformity
POST CONVENTIONAL
MORAL
REASONING

(Stages 5 & 6 )
 STAGE 5
Social Contract Orientation
Filipino
Moral At this stage:
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 people begin to think about society in a very
theoritical way
 answer the question “What makes for a good
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 they obey the rules until they can change it through
the system (democratic means)
 STAGE 6
Universal Ethical Principle Orientation

Filipino
Moral
Idenity At this stage:
 people follow these international principles of justice
that are higher than those represented by social rules
Moral  they suggest that we need to:
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ment (a) protect certain individual rights
(b) and settle disputes through democratic processes
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