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.