Essay #4 - Filipno Values

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John Patrick Abergos

Professor Canlas

NSTP-100-E03

13 February 2021

Essay #4: Filipino Characteristics

Moral values are the models of good and bad, which direct a person’s conduct and

decisions. A person may adopt moral values from society and government, religion, or self. They

are also inherited from the family as well. In past ages, it was uncommon to see couples who

lived respectively without the advantage of legal marriage rules. Of late, couples that set up a

family without marriage are about as common as conventional wedded couples. There has been a

shift in the moral values from time to time. For instance, in earlier times, the laws and ethics

essentially originated from the cultures of a family and society as a whole. As society moved into

the advanced time, these have largely disintegrated and people today tend to sue their own

morals they want to follow.

Moral values, as the name says, implies the significance of the moral qualities in the

conduct of the kids, the youth and everyone one in life. Primarily the moral values are the

qualities which one gains from life through the journey of life. They also depict the standards of

what is right and what is wrong for us which we learn in the schools and in the workplace and

from our surroundings as well. The beliefs which we gain from the family and the society that

directs us how we lead our lives is what moral values are all about.
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Philippines is a country which has been known for its values since the ancient times. We

start to learn moral values from our family. In Philippines, children are taught to respect their

elders, greet them properly whenever they meet them. This a way of showing respect towards the

elders. A child knows that he is supposed to obey whatever is asked by the elders. Such a moral

value inculcates obedience in the mind of a child. Moral values are important for all of us in

order to make us live a life of a good human being.

Although there are numerous moral values which one should follow in life, there are

some of them which should be followed by almost everyone in the world. Firstly, always

speaking the truth is one such moral value. We should never speak lies no matter what the

circumstance is. Also, we should respect our elders. Our elders have seen and experienced the

world better than us. It is always good for their blessings and advice in our important decisions.

Loyalty towards our work and integrity are other such moral values which should be practiced by

one and all.

People seem to have forgotten their moral values and are more focused on modern life.

There are a number of instances every day where parents are left alone by their children to live a

lonely old life. Many of them even die in isolation and there is no one to look after them during

the last years. Apart from this, there are frequent quarrels between families over petty matters

which could have been avoided if the people remembered the moral values our ancestors stood

for.

Nowadays, people smoking and drinking and that too in front of their parents and

children is a common sight. This is so against our moral values. We should not teach our

children the evils ,such habits can do harm them in later years of their life.
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Since there has been a strong drift in the moral values of the people, the government has

initiated to make the students learn about moral values in life and their importance to us. In order

to execute this, schools of today teach moral values to the children in a greater sense. This is

important as the students are the future of tomorrow. If the schools and the families alike teach

the children such values from childhood, they shall turn into good human beings when they grow

up.

Moral values depict our character to the outer world. They are of extreme importance in

our lives. In earlier times, people were so determined to follow these values inherited from our

ancestors. Such was their determination that once committed they never went back on their

words. But with modernization and urbanization, we have seemed to have lost our moral values

somewhere. Children disrespecting their parents are a common sight nowadays.

But, we should not blame the children for this. It is perhaps our own upbringing which

has led to such immoral practices all over. It is we who should inculcate the moral values in our

life first. Children will follow what they observe around them. If they shall see people living in

joint families together and respecting each other, even they shall do so when they grow up. If we

speak lies to our children even they shall do so. For the children imbibe the habits they see in

their parents, teachers, peers at school and others around them.

So, it is we (the older generation/parents) who have to take the first step forward. The

children shall surely follow us. Moral values give us character and strength. If each one us

practice some moral values in life, there would be peace and harmony all around. Moreover, we

shall have a bright future for our next generations as well.

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