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• “WE, THE SOVEREIGN FILIPINO PEOPLE, IMPLORING THE AID OF ALMIGHTY
GOD, IN ORDER TO BUILD A JUST AND HUMANE SOCIETY AND ESTABLISH A
GOVERNMENT THAT SHALL EMBODY OUR IDEALS AND ASPIRATIONS,
PROMOTE THE COMMON GOOD, CONSERVE AND DEVELOP OUR
PATRIMONY, AND SECURE TO OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY THE
BLESSINGS OF INDEPENDENCE AND DEMOCRACY UNDER THE RULE OF LAW
AND A REGIME OF TRUTH, JUSTICE, FREEDOM, LOVE, EQUALITY, AND PEACE,
DO ORDAIN AND PROMULGATE THIS CONSTITUTION.”
• IS AN INTRODUCTORY AND PRELIMINARY STATEMENT IN A DOCUMENT THAT
EXPLAINS THE DOCUMENT’S PURPOSE AND UNDERLYING PHILOSOPHY.
• THE PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES DICTATES THAT THE
PHILIPPINES AND THE FILIPINO PEOPLE ARE THE SOVEREIGN MASTERS OF THE
PHILIPPINE ISLAND
PHILOSOPHY OF VALUES
• UNDERSTANDING THE PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN VALUES IS NECESSARY IN
UNDERSTANDING FILIPINO VALUES SUCH AS FAMILY CLOSENESS AND SOLIDARITY,
POLITENESS, HOSPITALITY, AND GRATITUDE.
• VALUES ARE BOTH OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE
FILIPINO VALUES
• FILIPINO VALUE SYSTEM ARISES FROM OUR CULTURE OR WAY OF LIFE, OUR
DISTINCTIVE WAY OF BECOMING HUMAN IN THIS PARTICULAR PLACE AND
TIME.
WE SPEAK FILIPINO VALUES IN A FOURFOLD
SENSE
1.IT IS OBVIOUS THAT CERTAIN VALUES TAKE
ON A DISTINCTIVELY FILIPINO FLAVOR FOR
US.
• GREEK IDEAL OF MODERATION/ MEDEN
AGAN,
• THE ROMAN IN MEDIO STAT VIRTUS
• CONFUCIAN AND BUDDHIST DOCTRINE
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• Walang labis, walang
kulang
• Katamtaman lamang
2. Speaking of Filipino
values, we do not mean
that elements of these
Filipino values are absent
in the value systems of
other people’s cultures.
Value
ranking
prioritizing.
and
3.Universally, human values
in the Filipino Context take
on a distinctive set of Filipino
meaning and motivations
Fr. Horacio de la Cosat, S.J.
calls the Filipino
“nationalistic tradition
(pagsasarili, pagkakaisa,
pakikisama,
pakikipagkapwa tao, and
pagkabayani).
4. Values in the sense of
historical consciousness.
Varies during the
distinct periods of
Philippine history
1.Pagkamaka – Diyos
• Religious is a prime Filipino
value.