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  • 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.