THE FILIPINO ORIENTAL AND

OCCIDENTAL VALUE
ORIENTATIONS
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 THE FILIPINO ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL
VALUE ORIENTATIONS
● Non – rationalism vs. rationalism
● Personalism vs. impersonalism
● Particularism vs. universalism
● Nationalism vs. internationalism
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 NON- RATIONALISM VS. RATIONALISM
• Non – rationalism involves the belief in the supremacy of nature and
forces outside of oneself like the belief in ghost, spirits, Gods, or deities,
and other supernatural beings
• Example: Bahala na (from the Bathala na); dependence on the
espiritista and mangkukulam
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 • “Nasa Diyos ang awa, nasa tao ang gawa.”

(God gives mercy to those who help themselves)

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 ●
RATIONALISM
- Involves a belief that by systematic planning, studying, and
training, one can actually control and manipulate his or her
destiny; one is thus greatly responsible for his/her own success or
failure.

● Examples: pagkamakatwirin, kasipagan, pagpaplano sa buhay,

pagtitiwala sa sarili, paghahanda sa kinabukasan.

● Kung ano ang itinanim, ay siyang aanihin

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● -Walang kamalasan sa taong may kasipaga

 PERSONALISM VS. IMPERSONALISM
• Personalism – refers to the tendency to give due importance to
interpersonal relations in working arrangements. Kinship, whether by
blood or ritual; friendship and intimacy are considered in getting
thing done.

• Example: kaibigan, kamag-anak; comadre and compadre, utang na

loob, pakikisama, lakad and palakasan system
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 IMPERSONALISM
• Refers to the tendency to eliminate the influence of friendship
or kinship in working relations. Behavior is depersonalized,
standardize, or institutionalized.

• Example: this is exemplified in the expressions walang

personalan, trabaho lamang
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 PARTICULARISM VS. UNIVERSALISM
• Particularism – refers to the tendency of a person to center
his/ her concern on his/her subgroups made up of relatives,
friends, colleagues, associates, religious affiliates or members of
his/her ethnic or regional group in the larger society to which
he/she belongs.

• Example: tayo-tayo system

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 UNIVERSALISM
• Refers to the tendency to focus one’s attention and concern on
the promotion of the national and common weal. The emphasis
is on the general welfare of the whole society.

• Example: Pambansang Paglilingkod or public service,

Kagalingang Pambansa or Public Welfar
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 NATIONALISM
Nationalism is the advocacy of making one’s nation distinct and separate from
others in intellectual, social, cultural, economic, political and moral matters.

The development of Filipino nationalism has been motivated by national slogans and
movements

Mabuhay ang Pilipino Movement

Bayan ko, Mahal ko

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 INTERNATIONALISM
• On the belief in having friendly relations between and among nations for their
mutual and common benefit. It is the advocacy of making nations of the world as one
global community, removing all geographical, cultural, social and cultural barriers
towards community of nations and making all peoples as citizens of the world.
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 “Our LOVE for humanity can be manifested
in LOVE and CONCERN for our NATURE.”
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THANK YOU
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