This document discusses various social, moral, and economic issues that can be topics of debate. It provides definitions of key terms like "issue" and categorizes different types of issues. Social issues influence societies as a whole and include problems like teenage pregnancy, child labor, and discrimination. Moral issues relate to beliefs about right and wrong, such as premarital sex and same-sex marriage. Economic issues concern the organization of money, industry, and trade in an area and include unemployment, poverty, and income inequality. The document provides examples to illustrate different types of issues and emphasizes that one issue can have social, moral, and economic aspects.

1. Determine Various Social,
Moral, and Economic Issues
Discussed in The Text
English 8 quarter 3 lesson 3

2. Noun
1. an important topic or problem for debate
or discussion.
2. something that people are talking about,
thinking about, etc.

3. Social
Issue
Moral
Issue
Economic
Issue
A problem that
influences many
citizens within a
society. It is a group of
common problem in
present-day society
and one that many
people strive to solve.
Moral Issues are
those actions which
have the potential to
help or harm others
or ourselves.
Moral means relating
to beliefs about what
is right or wrong
Economic means
concerned with
the organization of
the money,
industry, and trade
of a country,
region, or society.

4. • Graft and
Corruption
• Child Labor
• Racial
discrimination
• Bullying
• Homelessness
• Stereotyping
• Premarital
sex
• Abortion
• Gender
issues
• Gambling
• Same Sex
Marriage
• Unemployment
• Poverty
• Poor healthcare
• Income
inequality
• Inflation
• pandemic

5. Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 8) — The
Philippines has recorded a 7% increase in births among girls
aged 15 and below in 2019, up from the figure on teenage
pregnancies in 2018, the Commission on Population and
Development said over the weekend.
In a statement on Sunday, PopCom cited the latest
data from the Philippine Statistics Authority which revealed
that Filipino minors who gave birth in 2019 increased to
62,510 from 62,341 in 2018.
https://www.filipino-orphans.org/why-so-many-orphans-part-
2/?gclid=CjwKCAjw07qDBhBxEiwA6pPbHnR9Hby9ud21Rl0GSMC395LB10t3NUolbPe7KYP
Q_LRqtiIFYDGCNxoCgIYQAvD_BwE

6. Millions of children do dangerous,
dirty jobs. Even at very young ages,
they are forced to work in mines and
factories, as house slaves and
prostitutes. This is bad for their health
and damages their development.
https://www.terredeshommes.nl/en/our-mission/child-
labour?gclid=CjwKCAjw07qDBhBxEiwA6pPbHjDa1v0nSx6Ho74-
ZJx9MzR_aTVbidQ_gxYbMK3VFc8t8HprSoymTRoCoFEQAvD_BwE

7. LAST YEAR proved to be challenging
for the labor market as many Filipinos
became jobless with businesses closing or
downsizing operations amid the
coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.bworldonline.com/unemployment-rate-hits-
record-high-in-2020/

8. All Arabs and Muslims are
terrorists.
https://examples.yourdictionary.com/stereotype-
examples.html

9. Let’s summarize the lesson.
An issue is an important topic or
problem for debate or discussion. Social issue
is a problem that influences many citizens
within a society. Moral issue has something
to do with beliefs about what is right or wrong.
Economic issue is concerned with the
organization of the money, industry, and
trade of a country, region, or society.
An issue can be categorized as social, moral
and economic at the same time depending on
its effects to an individual or to an
environment.

10. MANILA-Trade Secretary Ramon
Lopez on Monday said at least 90,000
businesses in the Philippines remain closed
half a year after the country imposed a
lockdown to prevent the spread of the
corona virus.
www.news.abs-cbn.com
1.

11. “When I expressed my intention to run for
the student body, people kept on
pounding on me being a woman, on my
gender, instead of focusing on my merits,”
she says. “I didn't really intend to win but at
the back of my mind, I just wanted to
challenge the status quo.”
https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/2018/08/29/young-
pinays.html
2.

12. The liquidation of the ₱15 billion fund
allegedly lost to corruption is expected to be
completed within the first quarter, a top
official of the Philippine Health Insurance
Corporation said.
https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/2/15/philhealth-15-
billion-liquidated-march.html
3.