Kappa Sigma (Philippines) - The Doctrine

The Doctrine

• Objectivism.

The Kappa Sigman is an objectivist. To be objective is to be real: real to the world, real to oneself, and above all, real to one's mind. He seeks the truth in him, with him, and through him, and, therefore, despises the sham, the pretense, and the artificial in man. The Kappa Sigman keeps himself open to reality by keeping an active reason toward reality. He deals with life as it is, in the only way he knows—as himself. He is an objectivist because he holds man as both the means and the ends unto himself and humanity as its own object.

• Free Thought.

The Kappa Sigman is a free thinker. He believes that if one must be objective, one must be free to think—without bounds and holding no idea sacred but the idea of free thought. He keeps not only an open mind, but more so an active mind. In any discussion, he accepts no absolutes other than those validated by the light of reason and reality. In life, he pursues no undertaking other than those he truly believes and genuinely feels for. The Kappa Sigman stands by the dictum: "I think therefore I am."

• Individual Excellence.

Because the Kappa Sigman values his mind, he ceaselessly strives to perfect the products of his mind, which is the essence of individual excellence. Wherever he may be and whatever field he may choose as a free man, the Kappa Sigman strives to excel. If he chooses to be a plumber, he strives to be the best plumber he can possibly be. It is not so much the sum of his social status that matters to him most but the value he places upon what he does and the pride he draws upon what he is doing. He does no work half-heartedly because he engages in no work that is not worth his while. The Kappa Sigman cannot help but excel, because he loves his work and believes in it.

• Brotherhood of Equals.

Kappa Sigma is a brotherhood of equals. Brothers, because by choice, Kappa Sigmans are united by a common tradition, a common humanity. Equals, because in essence, they are bound by a common conviction, a common belief in the endurance of the individual human spirit. One does not become a Kappa Sigman merely by virtue of one's initiation. To become a Kappa Sigman, one must earn the title every second of one's waking life, giving shape to one's beliefs, in both letter and spirit, principle and practice, thought and action, body and mind.

• Absolute Loyalty.

A Kappa Sigman is one with his fraternity. By choice, he submits himself to the interests of his fraternity, which is the principle of Absolute Loyalty. Those who see a contradiction here fail to fully grasp the essence of the Kindred. The Kappa Sigman and Kappa Sigma are one and the same. They are two parts of the same whole—integral and inseparable. To be loyal to the fraternity is to be faithful to the principles the fraternity stands for, which are the very same principles that make man "man" and give meaning to man's existence in this world. To be loyal to Kappa Sigma is to be loyal to one's mind.

• Positive Fraternal Discipline.

But all this will remain empty verbiage without fraternal discipline. Fraternity discipline ensures the Kappa Sigman's transition from conversation to conversion. It is discipline from within, because it imposes no conduct above or apart from one's purpose and self-esteem. It is discipline in a positive light because it seeks to break the fences that separate man from his world and above all from himself. The Kappa Sigman abides by Fraternal Discipline because he recognizes that no change is possible without a change of one's life, that no revolution is possible without a revolution from within, and that the world cannot begin to regain its lost humanity unless man regains his lost self.