Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: While there are compelling reasons to shift from a Filipino value system to a Filipino virtue ethics shaped by the Thomistic tradition, certain areas need to be revisited and clarified.For instance, how do we clarify the ambivalent relationship between loób and kapwa?At this time, there seems to be a subjective understanding of loób and a perverted conception of kapwa that make an objective ethics difficult.In my view, this ambivalence is linked to how Filipino ethicists believe that reason is subjugated by the will, and even by the passions.Hence, this paper proposes that the virtue of paninindigan must play an integral part of any successful Filipino virtue ethics.By analyzing this uniquely Filipino concept, we discover that this virtue can fundamentally anchor the Filipino virtues in katotohanan, i.e, truth.After all, katotohanan is not devoid of a relationship-oriented character while at the same time remaining "objective" in the sense that it wills the true good-and not just a subjective or relative good-of both the loób and kapwa.Paninindigan bolsters the inherent goodness of a holistic and relational loób and kapwa since it serves as a katig (outrigger) of the Filipino virtues, safeguarding them from bad use.Simply put, paninindigan fortifies Filipino virtues to be virtues in the true sense of the word.
Source: Philippiniana Sacra
Author: Ian Joeffrey Melendres, OP
Institution: University of Santo Tomas
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4391289774