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Chapter Eight Peace, Tolerance and Harmony as Core Values of Philippine Culture
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@MISC{Quisumbing_chaptereight,
author = {Lourdes R. Quisumbing},
title = {Chapter Eight Peace, Tolerance and Harmony as Core Values of Philippine Culture},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
This chapter presents a Philippine perspective on the concepts of peace, tolerance and harmony as core values of Philippine life and culture that have endured through-out the evolution and development of the nation from traditional to contemporary times. Although changes have occurred in their modes of manifestation, these core values remain as major themes in Philippine life and behaviour. The use of an influential person as a go-between for important matters such as asking for the hand of a daughter in marriage or negotiating for a peace settlement, instead of a face-to-face arrangement, and the use of euphemistic and indirect language in saying unpleasant things, so as not to incur hiya (a sense of shame) or to hurt the other person's amor propio (sense of personal worth or esteem) may have become mostly dysfunctional, but may still be effective at times. Today's Filipinos who have been exposed to modern and western influences, particularly those living in urban areas, have acquired more direct ways in their inter-personal relationships. Yet it may be said that peaceful and harmonious relation-ships and smooth interpersonal skills retain great importance in Philippine life. Some
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core value philippine life chapter eight peace philippine culture important matter direct way major theme smooth interpersonal skill harmonious relation-ships great importance amor propio influential person indirect language inter-personal relationship personal worth unpleasant thing face-to-face arrangement peace settlement western influence contemporary time philippine perspective urban area
