Roots of Filipino

Characters and
Values
PRESENTED BY: GROUP 2 – BSA 1D AND BSA 1F
REPORT ON NSTP 101b
What are Values?
Values
 From the latin word valere which means to be
strong and vigorous.
 Dr. Tomas Q. D. Andres (1986) would define values
as “things, persons, ideas or goals which are
important to life; anything which enables life to be
understood, evaluated, and directed.”
 Edgar Sheffield Brightman define value as “whatever
is liked, prized, esteemed, desired, approved, or
enjoyed by anyone at any time. It is the actual
experience of enjoying a desired object or activity.
Hence, value is an existing realization of desire.”
 In general, values are those which are considered by
the society as desirable and important and have
attained the status as moral impetus behind every
action of each member geared towards the desired
end or goal.
What are Filipino
Values?
Filipino Values
 Filipino values would be the standards or principles
set forth by the Filipino society as basis for what is
right or wrong, the principles on which every
member of Filipino society should persevere to
attain in order to reach the ultimate realization of
his life, regarding his person and in relation to his
family and society in general.
 Significance of
Studying Filipino
Values
Significance of Studying Filipino Values

 The purpose of studying Filipino values is to help us

understand our Filipino values to enable us to put
the positive side of Filipino values in use and to
disregard the negative ones.
Understanding Filipino Values and
Culture
 The Filipino society is composed of a mixture of
different races and cultures, many of which
influenced the Filipino culture and values are our
ancestors – the Malays and Indons, our colonists –
the Spaniards and the Americans, and nationals of
other countries who have dealt with the Philippine
society through trade – the Chinese and the Indians.
 Filipino
Characteristics
Filipino Characteristics

 According to factsanddetails.com and Philippine

Australia Business Council, there are three (3) main
traits that underlie the Filipino values and value-
orientation.
Filipino Traits
1. Personalism – a Filipino trait wherein they give
importance to interpersonal relations or face-to-
face encounters.
2. Famillialism – focuses on the welfare and interest
of the family over those of the community.
3. Particularism – relates to the strong family
influence on the individual or group behavior.
3 main obligations that underlie
the Filipino value orientation
1. Relational (pakikipagkapwa)
2. Emotional (damdamin)
3. Moral (karangalan)
Examples of Filipino Values
• Utang na loob
a situation where an individual is required
to return a favor or service received. However, the
return of such service or favor cannot be translated
into monetary equivalent, and may reciprocated in a
month of service or even a lifetime.
• Bahala na
comes from the words Bathala na. It
reflects the
Filipino’s dependence on the supernatural being and
on fate.

• Mañana Habit
can be traced back in the Spanish
colonization era. The term “Mañana” is a Spanish
word that means “tomorrow”. This is a Filipino trait
that enforces procrastination.
• Ningas Kugon
translates to “burning of cogon grass”. As a
Filipino trait, it means that Filipinos tend to have a
strong enthusiasm in the beginning of each work or
endeavor but gradually slows down and lose their
drive to work and finish the job.
• Amor Propio
another Spanish term that means a sense of self-
esteem or self-respect that prevents a person
from swallowing his pride. It also means ego
defensiveness or maintaining dignity and
personal pride.
• Bayanihan
In an article entitled “Filipino Culture:
Bayanihan: The Filipino Value that Must be Retained”,
it describe bayanihan as:
“Bayanihan is a core essence of
the Filipino culture. It is helping out one’s neighbor
as a community, and doing a task together, thus
lessening the workload and making the job easier. It
is also called the ‘community spirit’.”
Other Strengths and
Weaknesses of the
Filipino Character
 Other Strengths of the Filipino
Character
FILIPINO CHARACTERS RESULTS
Pakikipagkapwa-tao Camaraderie and feeling of closeness to one
another; foundation for unity as well as sense of
social justice
Family Oriented Feeling of belongingness and rootedness and a basic
sense of security

Joy and Humor Emotional balance, optimism, a healthy disrespect

Flexibility and Adaptibility
Hardwork and Industry
Faith and Religiousity
Ability to Survive
for power and office and the capacity to survive
Productivity, innovation, entrepreneurship,
equanimity and survival
Productivity an entrepreneurship for some and
survival despite poverty for others
Courage, daring, optimism, inner peace, as well as
the capacity to genuinely accept tragedy and death
Bravely live through the harshest economic and
social circumstances
 Other Weaknesses of the Filipino
Character
FILIPINO CHARACTERS RESULTS
Extreme Personalism Leads to graft and corruption
Extreme Family Centeredness Lack of concern for the common good and acts as the
block to national consciousness

Lack of Discipline Inefficient and wasteful work systems, violation of

Passivity and Lack of Initiative
Colonial Mentality
Kanya-kanya
Lack of Self-Analysis and Self-Reflection
rules leading to more serious transgressions and a
casual work ethics leading to carelessness and lack
of follow-through
Easily resigned to one’s fate and thus easily
oppressed and exploited
Basic feeling of national inferiority that makes it
difficult for them to relate as equal to Westerners
Dampening of cooperative and community spirit and
in the trampling upon the rights of others
Emphasis on form more than substance
Group Members:
1. Vilarma, Joshua D. (BSA 1-D)
2. Tampus, Jayrom J. (BSA 1-F)
3. Ihong, John Dariel G. (BSA 1-F)
4. Maagad, Rodie C. (BSA 1-F)
5. Misiona, Morphie (BSA 1-F)
6. Villaruz, Stranger (BSA 1-F)
References:
http://
fs.mapua.edu.ph/Departments/NSTP/CWTS/Downloads
/mapua%20general%20nstp%20module.pdf