1) Poverty and homelessness are worldwide problems. According to Habitat for Humanity, one-quarter of the world's population lives in conditions that harm their health and safety. Many do not have shelter, a basic human need for survival. a) Social b) Moral  c) Economic Issue 2) A warmer, changing climate is a threat to the entire world. Climate change affects the entire world population, and the Union of Concerned Scientists calls this social issue "one of the most devastating problems humanity has ever faced. a) Social b) Moral c) Economic Issue 3) As the population of the world grows, resources become scarcer. The United Nation reports that the current population of 7.7 billion people is expected to grow in coming decades, with a projection of 8.5 billion people by 2030.  The fastest growing areas of the world, such as sub-Saharan Africa, often face already scarce resources like land for farming. As the population becomes more than the country can sustain, people will need to move elsewhere to avoid starvation and homelessness. a) Social b) Moral c) Economic Issue 4) There is growing concern of an imminent debt crisis among low-income countries struggling to keep up the payments on money borrowed from a mix of public and private creditors over the past decade. Both the World Bank and its sister organization, the International Monetary Fund, have warned that poor countries are being forced to cut back on health and education spending to keep up repayments on debts incurred before their economies were hit by a collapse in demand for their exports and a drop in remittances (“World Bank Calls for Debt Relief Programme as Amounts Owed Hit Record Levels,” October 12, 2020). a) Social b) Moral c) Economic Issue 5) The same percentage of Filipino respondents, 20%, found morally acceptable “sex between unmarried adults” and “gambling.” The difference was in the percentage of those who found the two practices unacceptable: 71% for pre-marital sex and 61% for gambling. This means there more respondents who considered gambling as a non-moral issue (18%) compared to sex before marriage (7%). a) Social b) Moral c) Economic Issue

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