The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), loosely translated as Bridging Program for Filipino Families, is the Philippines’ social protection program which is aimed at improving the lives of the poorest of the poor. Through cash subsidies, 4Ps seeks to alleviate the immediate needs of the poor and break the intergenerational cycle of poverty by investing on health and education. This paper examines the conditional cash transfer program called 4Ps by exploring its philosophical (and moral) justifications as part of the Philippine government’s effort to alleviate poverty in the country. The paper argues that the conditionalities of the 4Ps program are practically necessary and socially just. The reasons are threefold: 1) the Philippines is a poor country with limited material resources which have to be used efficiently and effectively; 2) the conditionalities eschew perceptions of 4Ps as mere dole outs; and 3) rather than harming the autonomy of the household beneficiaries, the conditionalities enable them to exercise their autonomy, more responsibly.