Filipino Social Contract

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The FilipinoSocial Contract

Domenden, Adam Albert A.


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Filipino Democracy: How did it began?

There are diferent Weternphiloophie that !"ti#epolitical a"thority.

$n the contemporary Filipino

philoophy, there i no e%itingcompreheni&e politicalideology that i in par with theWetern paradigm.


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To el"cidate the nat"re o' thee%iting (hilippine politicala"thority, it i cr"cial to "e aWetern political theory a theparameter that will e%poe the

Filipino political tho"ght behindthe etablihment o' the(hilippine independent tate.


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$n thi t"dy, the re"tili)ed *ean+-o"ea" Social C

Theory in el"cidatinFilipino (olitical Tho"gh

progreed in the creathe Filipino tate.


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/lement o' the -o"ea"ian Social

Contract The State o' 0at"re 1abence o' ocial !"tice2

Sel'+preer&ation 1amour de soi andamour propre2

3eneral Will


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Trend in the Filipino "et 'or independence Abence o' ocial !"tice d"ring Spanih r"le

The /nlightenment and the awa4ening o' Filipino people 1a ene o' nationalim2

$ndependence a the will o' the Filipino people


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Social Contract

The -o"ea"ian state of nature wa li4e o'Hobbe. 5r"tal and harh. 6i'e i "ncertain ande&eryman i an indi&id"al that er&e hi owninteret.


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Social Contract

Amour de soi – phyical el'+preer&ation

Amour propre – preer&ationo' one ocial tanding


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Social Contract

General Will 7 the will o' the people a awhole.


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Filipino 8"et 'or $ndependenc

Social Justice wa !"t a concept, anideology, a word that i not 4nown to theFilipino people a the Spanih colonialgo&ernment, with the hand o' theCatholic Ch"rch, brainwahed the $ndio.

Frailocracy wa trong in the (hilippined"ring the Spanih r"le. 0o peron icapable o' "etioning the act o' theCatholic Ch"rch in the (hilippine e&enthe Spanih go&ernment o9cialthemel&e.


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Abuses were made not only by the (enin"lareand $n"lare, b"t alo by Filipino elite againttheir 'ellow Filipino.

There were forced labors, inhumane workingconditions, land-grabbing, killing sprees, andother form of injustices that made the Filipinopeople suer more than what it can ta4e.

ain and suering became a nationale!perience"


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The Filipino people i &eryaccording to 'ather erccan be een in 5oni'acac'or hi bloody re&ol"tion.

Filipino had thi ;a4op

which e%plain why Si4ome dat" welcomed 6per'ormed Sanduguan with


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The philoophy o' Sakop alo e%plain the Filipo' 'amily and why Filipino tend to acri#ce th !"t to achie&e independence and ocial !"tice


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The iconic Filipino re&ol"tionarie we now

regard a Heroe agitated their mo&ement 'ora"tonomy by cr"tini)ing the Filipino nationale!perience o' pain and "fering.


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The national e%perience o'

pain and "fering createdthe ene o' nationalism within the Filipino.

The Filipino people deiredchange by ha&ingindependence and ago&ernment where a"thorityemanate 'rom the people.


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A"tonomy, in 'orm o' Democracy, became thewill o' the Filipino people.


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Filipino 'o"ght 'or independence anddemocracy "ntil they #nally etablihed one.


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Concl"ion: The Filipino Social Con

The Filipino ocial contract i mainly -o"ea"ianin nat"re. Howe&er, intead o' imply wanting tobe ci&ili)ed, the Filipino ocial contract ha thitrait o' ;a4op< mentality which '"eled theFilipino deire 'or a ci&il tate and ocial !"tice.

Filipino did not deired !"tice and ci&ility 'ortheir own el&e, b"t 'or their lo&ed one, 'or thecomm"nity which they percei&ed a their own'amily.


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