Know Your Self

Know Your Values

Baybayin(Ancient Filipino Writings)

Baybayin(Ancient Filipino Writings)

UNDERSTANDING THE FILIPINO

VALUESFelipe 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)

KAPWASHARED 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

(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

SHARED INNER PERCEPTION

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)

PAKIKISAMADEEPEST 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.