BECOMING
GOOD
CITIZENS
LEE, LOIUSE MICA
ALAWI, ABDUMUNIR
THE FILIPINO PEOPLE POSSES CERTAIN VALUES, SHARED
PERCEPTIONS ON WHAT WE HOLD DEAR, WHAT WE REGARD
AS IMPORTANT TO US.
THESE SIXTEEN VALUES ARE ENSHRINED IN THE
PREAMBLE OF THE 1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION.
THESE ARE UNITY, PATRIOTISM, FAITH IN THE ALMIGHTY
GOD, RESPECT FOR LIFE, RESPECT FOR LAW AND
GOVERNMENT, WORK, TRUTH, JUSTICE, FREEDOM, LOVE,
EQUALITY, PEACE, PROMOTION OF THE COMMON GOOD,
CONCERN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AND ORDER.
THESE VALUES OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE SERVE AS THE
GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF OUR LIFE AS A NATION AND
PROVIDE THE UNDERLYING FRAMEWORK FOR ALL THE
PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. WE CAN BECOME GOOD
CITIZENS BY LIVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE GOOD
CITIZENSHIP VALUES.
For an adult, his basic values can be seen in his
outward manifestations as well as in decision-
making. There is always a consistency in what he
thinks and feels and what he says.
Every Filipino child needs to be helped to form
his own values consistent with basic Filipino
values, if he is to grow into a citizen who is
“maka-Diyos, maka-tao, maka-bayan at maka-
kalikasan.”
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