PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY

MISSION
VISION
CORE VALUES

PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY VISION
To become an ASEAN premier
state university in 2020.
UNIVERSITY MISSION
The Pangasinan State University,
through instruction, research,
extension and production commits to
develop highly principled morally
upright, innovative and globally
competent individuals capable of
meeting the needs of industry, public
service and civil society.
CORE VALES
Accountability and Transparency
Credibility and Integrity
Competence and commitment to achieve
Excellence in Academics and Services
Social and Environmental
Responsiveness
Spirituality
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PERSONHOOD DEVELOPMENT

PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Exploring the Basic The meaning of value, morality and
Concepts axiology.

Man as Person and Subject.

Man as a Value-Laden Subjectivity.

Man as an Inter-subjectivity.
(Social Being)
Man in Search for Freedom and
Authenticity: A Clarification of a
Man’s Goal.
 What is VALUE?

From the latin word “valere” which means to be strong and

vigorous.
Values in a society give meaning and direction to every individuals life and
influence his human behavior
Collectively, the values of a society would be the standards or principles
for which an act is judged to be what is right or wrong, correct or
incorrect.
From the premise that a human person has to have strength or valor in
every endeavor.

Ralph Barton Perry. General Theory of Value (New York:

Longsmans, Green & Co. , 1926) THE MEANING OF VALUE, MORALITY AND AXIOLOGY.
What is VALUE?
“Things, persons, ideas or goals
which are important to life;
“Value is an existing
anything which enables life to be
realization of desire.”
understood, evaluated, and
- Edgar Sheffield
directed.”
Brightman
-Dr. Tomas Q. D. Andres (1986)
(September 20, 1884 –
Tomas Quintin Donato
February 25, 1953) was
Andres is a Filipino
an American philosopher
intercultural consultant,
and Christian theologian
counselor, and pioneer of
in the Methodist tradition,
the Philippine-based
associated with Boston
management and
University and liberal
training system known as
theology, and
Management by Filipino
promulgated the
Values.
philosophy known
as Boston personalism.
What are FILIPINO VALUES?

The principles on which every member of the Filipino society should

persevere to attain in order to reach the ultimate realization of his life,
regarding his person

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Significance of studying FILIPINO VALUES.
In order to understand the Filipino culture and the development
of the Filipino individual, one has to understand the underlying
values on which every Filipino acts.
A study on the Filipino values would provide us a deeper
understanding of the Filipino

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Significance of studying FILIPINO VALUES.
The resulting blend of this mixture of influences, which are
sometimes conflicting, is uniquely Filipino in character.

Spaniards Chinese

Indonesian Americans

Malays
Filipino Indians
Society
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Significance of studying FILIPINO VALUES.
Composed of a mixture of different races which influenced the
lifestyle and values being practiced in the Philippine community.

Spaniards Chinese

Indonesian Americans

Malays
Filipino Indians
Society
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Prominent Filipino Values are the outcome of:
A blend of the rich Christian values of Europe

The pragmatic and democratic values of America

Spiritual values of Asia.

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ROOTS OF THE FILIPINO CHARACTER
The home environment Mass media
The social environment Leadership and role models
Culture and language
History
The educational system
The educational system
Religion
The economic environment
The political environment

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FAMILY

Basic social unit in our society.

It is here where values and
principles are nurtured and
imbibed.
Tradition of close family ties - long
been practiced and considered as our
society’s foundation.

“The State recognizes the Filipino

family as the foundation of the
nation.” (Article XV, Section 1 of the
1987 Philippine Constitution)
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FILIPINO CHARACTERISTICS

Utang na loob
Situation where an
individualis required to
return a favor or service
received. However, the
return of such service
or favor cannot be
translated into
monetary equivalent.

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FILIPINO CHARACTERISTICS

Bahala na
It reflects the Filipinos
dependence on the
supernatural being and
on Tendency to move
toward the fate.

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FILIPINO CHARACTERISTICS

Ningas-Kugon
This idiom is meant to illustrate
how Filipinos initially exhibit
great enthusiasm at the
beginning of a project. The
eagerness however, fades away
just as quickly as the fire is
extinguished, leaving work either
half-baked or unfinished.

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FILIPINO CHARACTERISTICS

Mañana Habit
This habit encourages
procrastination, an “ability”
Filipinos have since turned into an
art form. Even the most urgent of
projects and tasks can be relegated
for some other time; Tasks are only
forced to work on when the
deadline is near.

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FILIPINO CHARACTERISTICS

Colonial Mentality
A preference for all things foreign
over our own, a negative trait
acquired from days under the
Spanish and the Americans. As a
result, Filipinos have been
indoctrinated with the
misconception that Filipino culture
is inferior to that of past colonizers.

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FILIPINO CHARACTERISTICS

Crab Mentality.
Refers to the behavior of preventing
someone from achieving something
due to jealousy or envy. Instead of
praising or rendering assistance,
someone with crab mentality would
think “if I can’t have it, then you
can’t as well” and will purposely try
to bring his/her victim down.

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 STRENGTHS OF THE FILIPINO CHARACTER

Pakikipagkapwa-Tao
Filipinos are open to others and
feel one with others. This is
regarding others with dignity and
respect, and deal with them as
fellow human beings
Pakikipagkapwa-tao results in
camaraderie and a feeling of
closeness one to another. It helps
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 STRENGTHS OF THE FILIPINO CHARACTER

Pakikipagkapwa-Tao
1. Pakikiramay (generosity in times of
need)
2. Bayanihan (mutual assistance)
3. Hospitality
4. Filipinos sensitivity (pakikiramdam)
5. Pagtitiwala (trust)
6. Gratitude or utang-na-loob

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 STRENGTHS OF THE FILIPINO CHARACTER

Family Orientation
1. Genuine and deep love for the
family
2. Family is the source of personal
identity, emotional and material
support
3. Persons main commitment and
responsibility

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 STRENGTHS OF THE FILIPINO CHARACTER

Joy and humor

1. Cheerful and fun – loving
2. Pleasant disposition
3. Sense of humor
4. Propensity for happiness that
contribute not only to the Filipino
charm but to the indomitability of
the Filipino spirit

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 STRENGTHS OF THE FILIPINO CHARACTER

Joy and humor

Laughing at ourselves and our
trouble is an important coping
mechanism. Often playful,
sometimes cynical, sometimes
disrespectful, we laugh at those we
love and at those we hate, and
make jokes about our fortune,
good and bad.

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 STRENGTHS OF THE FILIPINO CHARACTER

Flexibility, Adaptability and Creativity.

Filipinos have a great capacity to
adjust, and to adapt to
circumstances and to the
surrounding environment, both
physical and social.
Unplanned or unanticipated events
are never overly disturbing or
disorienting as the flexible Filipino
adjusts to whatever happens.

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 STRENGTHS OF THE FILIPINO CHARACTER

Hard work and Industry.

Filipinos have the capacity for hard
work, given proper conditions.
The desire to raise one's standard
of living and to possess the
essentials of a decent life for
one's family, combined with the
right opportunities and incentives,
stimulate the Filipino to work very
hard.
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 STRENGTHS OF THE FILIPINO CHARACTER

Hard work and Industry.

This is manifested most noticeably
in a willingness to take risks with
jobs abroad, and to work there at
two or three jobs.
The result is productivity and
entrepreneurship for some, and
survival despite poverty for others.

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 STRENGTHS OF THE FILIPINO CHARACTER

Faith and Religiosity.

Filipinos have a deep faith in God.
Innate religiosity enables us to
comprehend and genuinely accept
reality in the context of God's
will and plan.

This pampalakas ng loob allows us

to act despite uncertainty.

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 What's the Difference Between Ethics, Morals and Values?

Values
Values are the foundation of a
person's ability to judge between
right and wrong. Values include a
deep-rooted system of beliefs.
They have intrinsic worth, but are
not universally accepted.
This system allows each individual
to determine what should and
shouldn't be.
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 What's the Difference Between Ethics, Morals and Values?

Moral
A person's standards of behavior
or beliefs concerning what is and
is not acceptable for them to do.
Morals often describes one's
particular values concerning what
is right and what is wrong.

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 What's the Difference Between Ethics, Morals and Values?

Moral
Sample:

1. It would go against my morals

to help you cheat on the test.
2. He appears to view himself as a
kind of culture warrior, striking
out against the crumbling
morals of modern society.

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 What's the Difference Between Ethics, Morals and Values?

Amoral vs. Immoral

If someone is amoral, they have no
sense of right and wrong. They
don't have the foundation that
comes with a sound set of values.

Meanwhile, if someone if immoral,

you can be sure they know right
from wrong. They're just choosing
to do the wrong thing.
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 What's the Difference Between Ethics, Morals and Values?

Ethics
Refer broadly to moral principles, one often
sees it applied to questions of correct behavior
within a relatively narrow area of activity.

The branch of knowledge that deals with moral

principles.

Ethics is concerned with what is good for

individuals and society and is also described
as moral philosophy.
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 What's the Difference Between Ethics, Morals and Values?

Ethics
Ethics also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy
that involves systematizing, defending and recommending
concepts of right and wrong conduct. Ethics is a complement to
aesthetics in the philosophical field of axiology. In philosophy,
ethics studies the moral behavior in humans and how one should
act.

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 What's the Difference Between Ethics, Morals and Values?

Ethics
Ethics covers the following dilemmas:

How to live a good life

Our rights and responsibilities
The language of right and wrong
Moral decisions - what is good and bad?

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 What's the Difference Between Ethics, Morals and Values?

Axiology
(From Greek axios, “worthy”; logos, “science”), also called
THEORY OF VALUE, the philosophical study of goodness, or
value, in the widest sense of these terms. Its significance lies in
the considerable expansion that it has given to the meaning of
the term value and in the unification that it has provided for the
study of a variety of questions—economic, moral, aesthetic, and
even logical—that had often been considered in relative
isolation.

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 What's the Difference Between Ethics, Morals and Values?

Axiology
Axiology is the science of value. The word ‘axiology’ derived
from two Greek words- ‘axios’ means worth or value and ‘logos’
means logic or theory, means theory of value. The development
of the science makes possible the objective measurement of
value as accurately as a thermometer measures heat.
Axiology is an objective format for measuring intangible
attitudes and values. Moreover, axiology measures the level of
development and the types of one’s perceptual biases in one’s
thinking.
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 Ways to Understand the Human Being

Axiology
Axiology is the science of value. The word ‘axiology’ derived
from two Greek words- ‘axios’ means worth or value and ‘logos’
means logic or theory, means theory of value. The development
of the science makes possible the objective measurement of
value as accurately as a thermometer measures heat.
Axiology is an objective format for measuring intangible
attitudes and values. Moreover, axiology measures the level of
development and the types of one’s perceptual biases in one’s
thinking.
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Review

Differentiate Values, Moral and Ethics

What is Axiology?
Amoral vs. Immoral
What are the strengths of Filipino
Values?

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Assignment

10 Samples for every term.

Value
Moral
Ethics

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RESOURCES

• https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-negative-Filipino-values
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morals?qid=f7108cc6-e559-4443-ba54-c8593ad5303c&v=&b=&from_search=31
• https://www.thefilipinomind.com/2008/01/chapter-vi-understanding-filipino-
value.html
• https://www.academia.edu/11618418/UNDERSTANDING_FILIPINO_VALUES_A_WIN
DOW_FOR_MISSION
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41d6-a73f-c572826bf941&v=&b=&from_search=5
• https://examples.yourdictionary.com/difference-between-ethics-morals-and-
values.html
• https://examples.yourdictionary.com/difference-between-ethics-morals-and-
values.html
• https://www.slideshare.net/priyangakalaivani/axiology
• http://www.kritike.org/journal/issue_1/mara_june2007.pdf
RESOURCES

• "Moral is a system of beliefs that is taught for deciding good or bad whereas values
are personal beliefs or something that comes from within."