The first is loób, which can easily be misunderstood when literally translated into English as ‘inside’ but which is better translated as ‘relational will’, and the second is kapwa, which is literally translated as ‘other person’ but is better understood as ‘together with the person’.

In Philippine culture, loob or kalooban refers to one’s inner self, or, more specifically, to the internal dimension of a person’s identity. Its external counterpart is labas – the physical, outward appearance.

After three studies, results suggest that three types reflect the motivations of Filipinos: the dedication to achieve mastery in domains important to oneself, the desire to make one’s family and significant others happy, and the drive to accomplish tasks to the bare minimum needed to be remunerated.

Kagandahang loob is a central concept in Philippine ethical discourse. It is generally regarded as a basic component of morally worthy behavior. ‘ On the other hand, ‘loob’ means ‘inside’. Hence, ‘kagandahang loob’ may be translated as ‘beauty within.

Pakikipagkapwa. It means connecting myself with others, feeling myself in the other and having a sense of shared identity and a shared inner self.

Filipino Philosophy is the rich blend of culture of the West and of the East. A statement good for developing and understanding a philosophy that could bridge the Western and the Eastern Mind. This utang na loob is very much rampant in 95 % of Filipinos specially those who are native of the.

Kagandahang loob or kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Kindness in words creates confidence, kindness in thinking creates profoundness and kindness in giving creates love. Kabutihang loob or generosity is giving more than you can and pride is taking less than you need.

Pagkatao– “personhood”– then, asserts the shared humanity of a people while “personality” is confined to the individual viewpoint of an outsider observing an Other.

However, the Filipino word kapwaothers”. However, the Filipino word kapwa is very different from the English word “is very different from the English word “ other” because kapwa is the unity of the “other” because kapwa is the unity of the “ self ” andself ” and ““ others” . The English “ others “ is actuallyothers” .

Philosophical basis Filipino values are, for the most part, centered at maintaining social harmony, motivated primarily by the desire to be accepted within a group.