W6

• Theories that explain social change:

  • Determinism
  • Reductionism
  • Holism
• Determinism - all events are completely determined by previous events and hence preclude freewill as it means that humans cannot act otherwise than they do
• Reductionism - entities of a given kind are collections or combinations of entities of another
• Holism - looks at the human mind and behavior as a whole
• SOCIAL ISSUES IN THE PHILIPPINES

  1. COVID-19 Economic Strain
  2. Extrajudicial Killings
  3. Prison Conditions
  4. Domestic violence
  5. Child Exploitation
  6. Labor Rights
  7. Corruption
• COVID-19 Economic Strain - exacerbated socioeconomic disparities
• Extrajudicial Killings - 27,000 individuals suspected of involvement in the drug trade have been killed with nearly 250 human rights defenders
• Prison Conditions - prison suffer from severe overpopulation, manila city jail designed for 1,000 inmates now accomodate 5,000+ inmates. 871 deaths recorded due to various illnesses.