Importance Of Filipino Values

Good moral values are mostly molded from a place where love, faith and hope exist” – Arseno Manalo Jr.

The 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 of Filipino values in a fourfold sense. Although mankind shares universal human values, it is obvious that certain values take on for us a distinctively Filipino flavor. According to my research that the Greek ideal of moderation or meden agan, the Roman in medio stat virtus, the Confucian and Buddhist "doctrine of the Middle", find their Filipino equivalent in “hindi labis, hindi kulang, katamtaman lamang”.

Filipino value structure was one of the choicest topics for many social scientists during the sixties. In 1961, Kaut examined the "Filipino debt of gratitude. In 1964 other Filipino values were suggested: hiya, pakikisama; smooth interpersonal relations (SIR,. Soon the inevitable happened. Though sporadic mention is still made of "Filipino values, the tendency is to avoid specific mention of unique Filipino values. One notable exception to this trend is a recent publication by Robert Morais (1981) on social relations in Tanay, a rural Philippine town.

The Filipino was brave when their wasn 't running from a confrontation, there was industrious when he/she wasn 't idle, respectful when not being openly disrespectful, friendly when not being callous, individualistic when not following the group decision, generous when not