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A powerpoint presentation for the academic requirement on Filipino Philosophy class. The study focuses on the creation of the Philippine state and the justification of its political authority.
A powerpoint presentation for the academic requirement on Filipino Philosophy class. The study focuses on the creation of the Philippine state and the justification of its political authority.
A powerpoint presentation for the academic requirement on Filipino Philosophy class. The study focuses on the creation of the Philippine state and the justification of its political authority.
philosophy, there is no existing comprehensive political ideology that is in par with the Western paradigm.
Filipino Democracy: How did it all
began?
To elucidate the nature of the
existing Philippine political authority, it is crucial to use a Western political theory as the parameter that will expose the Filipino political thought behind the establishment of the Philippine independent state.
Filipino Democracy: How did it all
began?
In this study, the researcher
utilized Jean-Jacques Rousseaus Social Contract Theory in elucidating the Filipino Political Thought which progressed in the creation of the Filipino state.
Filipino Democracy: How did it all
began?
Elements Contract
of
the
Rousseauian
Social
The State of Nature (absence of social
justice) Self-preservation (amour de soi and amour propre) General Will
Filipino Democracy: How did it all
began? Trend in the Filipino quest for independence
Absence of social justice during Spanish rule
The Enlightenment and the awakening of the Filipino people (a sense of nationalism) Independence as the will of the Filipino people
Social Contract
The Rousseauian state of nature was like of
Hobbes. Brutal and harsh. Life is uncertain and everyman is an individual that serves his own interest.
Social Contract
Amour de soi physical selfpreservation
Amour propre preservation of ones social standing
Social Contract
General Will the will of the people as a
whole.
Filipino Quest for Independence
Social Justice was just a concept, an
ideology, a word that is not known to the Filipino people as the Spanish colonial government, with the hand of the Catholic Church, brainwashed the Indios. Frailocracy was strong in the Philippines during the Spanish rule. No person is capable of questioning the acts of the Catholic Church in the Philippines even the Spanish government officials themselves.
Filipino Quest for Independence
Abuses were made not only by the Peninsulares
and Insulares, but also by Filipino elites against their fellow Filipino. There were forced labors, inhumane working conditions, land-grabbing, killing sprees, and other form of injustices that made the Filipino people suffer more than what it can take. Pain and suffering became a national experience.
Filipino Quest for Independence
The Filipino people is very communal
according to father Mercado, and it can be seen in Bonifacacios apology for his bloody revolution. Filipinos had this sakop mentality which explains why Sikatuna and some datus welcomed Legazpi and performed Sanduguan with him.
Filipino Quest for Independence
The philosophy of Sakop also explains the Filipino love
of family and why Filipinos tend to sacrifice their lives just to achieve independence and social justice.
Filipino Quest for Independence
The iconic Filipino revolutionaries we now
regard as Heroes agitated their movement for autonomy by scrutinizing the Filipino national experience of pain and suffering.
Filipino Quest for Independence
The national experience of
pain and suffering created the sense of nationalism within the Filipinos. The Filipino people desired change by having independence and a government where authority emanates from the people.
Filipino Quest for Independence
Autonomy, in form of Democracy, became the
will of the Filipino people.
Filipino Quest for Independence
Filipinos fought for independence and democracy until they finally established one.
Conclusion: The Filipino Social Contract
The Filipino social contract is mainly Rousseauian
in nature. However, instead of simply wanting to be civilized, the Filipino social contract has this trait of sakop mentality which fueled the Filipino desire for a civil state and social justice. Filipinos did not desired justice and civility for their own selves, but for their loved ones, for the community which they perceived as their own family.