1b Cathwor Fiipino Core Values

Know Your Self

Know Your Values

Baybayin (Ancient Filipino Writings)

Baybayin (Ancient Filipino Writings)

UNDERSTANDING THE FILIPINO VALUES Felipe M. de Leon, Jr.

Treat the other person as you treat yourself because the other person is also yourself Filipino core idea

THE CORE VALUES • KAPWA (Shared Identity)

• PAKIRAMDAM (Shared Inner Perception)

• KAGANDAHANG LOOB (Shared Humanity)

KAPWA SHARED IDENTITY (Shared Inner Self, “The other person is also yourself”) • •

the core of Filipino psychology, it is humaneness at the highest level implies unique moral obligation to treat one another as equal fellow human beings

PAKIRAMDAM

SHARED INNER PERCEPTION

(Knowing Through Feeling or Tacit Knowing; Participatory Sensitivity) • •

A unique social skill inherent in Filipino personhood The need for openness and basic trust is a precondition for this active process of sensing subtle cues

KAGANDAHANG LOOB SHARED HUMANITY (Pagkamakatao; A Shared Inner Nobility; A Quiet Sense of Responsibility for Others; A Great Compassion for All Living Beings) • Nudges a person towards genuine acts of generosity, kindness and caring

Levels of Filipino Social Interaction AMONG OUTSIDERS:

• PAKIKITUNGO (courtesy)

• PAKIKISALAMUHA (mixing)

• PAKIKILAHOK (joining)

• PAKIKIBAGAY (adapting)

• PAKIKISAMA (getting along with)

PAKIKISAMA DEEPEST LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT WITH ANOTHER PERSON STILL CONSIDERED AN OUTSIDER (IBANG TAO) Characteristic tendencies of this trait are giving in to another person’s wish, demands, wants or desires. The motive for this could be politeness or expectation of future concessions or immediate rewards

Levels of Filipino Social Interaction AMONG INSIDERS: • PAKIKIPAGPALAGAYANG

-LOOB (rapport) • PAKIKISANGKOT (involvement) • PAKIKIISA (oneness, unity with)

SOCIETAL VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH FILIPINO PERSONHOOD • KALAYAAN (Freedom) • KATARUNGAN (Justice, Equality) • KARANGALAN (Honor, Dignity)

Thank You! UNDERSTANDING THE FILIPINO VALUES Felipe M. de Leon, Jr.