An exploratory study was conducted to study political values of Filipinos. An etic approach was adopted using as starting point the theory of core political values (Schwartz, Caprara, & Vecchione, 2010) to explore the political values of a sample of 699 Filipinos who participated in an online survey. The results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analytic procedures suggest three core political values – conservation, globalism, equal rights – that have distinct motivational directions. Regression analysis revealed distinct patterns of relationships with social axioms, which indicate beliefs about the processes that lead to desired social outcomes. Finally, cluster analysis and MANOVAs indicated four groups of participants that show distinct profiles in terms of endorsement of political values and related social axioms. The results are discussed in terms of the limits of the etic approach, but also in terms of the potential usefulness of core political values in understanding different political attitudes and behaviors of Filipinos.