Positive and negative aspects of philippine values is a topic from values education for education students, cluster 1 to 4, strengths and weaknesses of the Filipino character, 6 core moral values, positive acts, negative acts,

1. POSITIVE AND
NEGATIVE ASPECTS
OF PHILIPPINE
VALUES

2. POSITIVE NEGATIVE
Cluster 1:
•Family as school for values &
discipline
•Justice
•Love for God, country &
people
•Peace & non-violence
•Purity
•Self-awareness
•Self-knowledge
•Self-respect
•Trust
•Alienation of the elite from the masses
•Arrogance
•Colonial Mentality
•Disregard for Human Rights
•Extreme fascism (dictatorship)
•Family as dynasty
•Greed
•Kanya-kanya approach (extreme
personalism)
•Lack of love for country
•Lack of self-analysis & critical thinking
•Low self-image
•Pettiness (small-mindedness)
•Preference for imported goods & fashion
•Sense of inferiority (lowliness)
•Selfishness
•Susceptibility (inclination) to harmful
foreign influences

3. POSITIVE NEGATIVE
Cluster 2:
•Accountability
•Accuracy
•Cleanliness
•Cooperation
•Discipline
•Hardwork & industry
•Honesty
•Integrity
•Punctuality
•Responsibility
•Self-reliance
•Teamwork
•Transparency
•Voluntary simplicity
•Carelessness
•Disorderliness
•Finger-pointing
•Inability to set priorities
•Incapacity to save money
•Inefficiency
•Instant gratification
•Lack of follow-through
•Laziness
•Habit of bluffing (mambobola
mentality)
•Superficiality (ningas cogon mentality)
•Poor time management
•Procrastination (delaying work)
•Prolonged childhood dependence
•Susceptibility to corruption
•Waste of money on gambling
•Drinking and useless entertainment

4. POSITIVE NEGATIVE
Cluster 3:
•Adaptability
•Creativity
•Enthusiasm
•Flexibility
•Generosity
•Good manners
•Happiness, joy & humor
•Lightness of spirit
•Complacency (satisfaction) &
boredom
•Cutting corners (palusot)
•High tolerance for mediocrity
(second-rate/average/not
outstanding) & poor services
•Indecision (irresolution)
•Lack of initiative
•Need for strong authority figure
•Passivity (inactive)
•Permissive attitude towards
exploitation (unfairness) &
domination (supremacy)
•Pettiness (small-mindedness)
•Selfishness

5. POSITIVE NEGATIVE
Cluster 4:
•Ability to survive
•Acceptance of death
& tragedy
•Assertiveness
(assurance)
•Courage
•Faith in God
•Humility
•Positive thinking
•Steadfastness (firm)
•Crab mentality
•Desire for vengeance
•Envy
•Gossip & intrigue
•Preoccupation with
politics as preferred way to
become wealthy &
powerful
•Resignation to conditions
of poverty

6. STRENGTHS &
WEAKNESSES OF
THE FILIPINO
CHARACTER

7. STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
Pakikipagkapwa-tao Extreme personalism
Family Orientation Extreme family centeredness
Joy and Humor Lack of discipline
Flexibility,
adaptability and
creativity
Passivity and lack of initiative
Hardwork and
industry
Colonial mentality
Faith and religiosity Kanya-kanya syndrome
Ability to survive Lack of self-analysis and self-
reflection

8. 6 CORE MORAL
VALUES

9. CORE VALUE POSITIVE ACTS NEGATIVE ACTS
LOVE FOR GOD
Give God what is due
Him
Devotion; prayer;
sacrifice; respecting
God’s name; rendering
public worship
Idolatry; vanity
observances pretending
to infallibly obtain an
effect; magic-sorcery;
witchcraft
RESPECT FOR
AUTHORITY
Authority coordinates
individual efforts to
attain common good,
maintain order and
harmony in society
Respecting & honoring
parents and duly
constituted authority;
contributing to the
common good; good
citizenship
Contempt;
disobedience;
insubordination; neglect
of one’s duties to the
family & society
RESPECT FOR THE
DIGNITY OF LIFE
Human life is a gift from
God. Man has no
absolute dominion of
life.
Loving others with the
same kind of love we
give to ourselves
Suicide; mutilation;
abuse of liquor and
drugs; murder; abortion;
duels; rape; euthanasia
or mercy killing

10. CORE VALUE POSITIVE ACTS NEGATIVE ACTS
RESPECT FOR THE
DIGNITY OF HUMAN
SEXUALITY
A human person is a
being with sexuality- an
essential mode of being
a human person
manifested in the duality
of sexes, male and
female
Performing the sexual
act within marriage,
which is potentially
procreative since it is
directed to preservation
of the race
Sexual act outside the
context of marriage;
vulgarity; pornography;
adultery
LOVE FOR TRUTH
The human mind is
capable of arriving at
the Truth as its proper
object. No social life is
possible unless we
believe and trust each
other.
Speaking the truth at all
times; concealing the
truth when there is a
serious and grave
reason to do so; mental
reservation
Lying; hypocrisy
(pretending to know);
flattery; plagiarism;
cheating

11. CORE VALUE POSITIVE ACTS NEGATIVE ACTS
RESPONSIBLE
DOMINION OVER
MATERIAL THINGS
The basic
relationship of man
towards the physical
world is one of the
responsible
dominance.
The spiritual
dimension of man is
greater or more
valuable than the
physical dimension.
Doing excellent
work; exercising
one’s right to
property;
detachment from
material
possessions; sharing
what man owns for
the good of
someone or
something
Materialism or
consumerism;
possessing what
belongs to others;
stealing; theft;
robbery; cheating;
vandalism; usury
(lending money with
unlawful rate);
buying stolen goods