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A social issue is a problem that reduces the quality of life of people. This includes current problems and risks that represent a probability of future problems. The following are common examples of a social issue.
Ableism | Access to Education | Addiction | Ageism | Air Quality | Animal Rights | Anti-Competitive Practices | Bullying | Child Welfare | Children's Rights | Civility | Climate Change | Consumer Protection | Corporate Accountability | Cost of Education | Crime | Criminal Justice Reform | Cronyism | Culture Change | Debt Bondage | Disease | Economic Development | Environmental Destruction | Environmental Justice | Epidemics & Pandemics | Excessive Force | Extinctions | Food Deserts | Food Quality | Food Security | Fraud | Genetically Modified Food | Globalization & Trade | Government Spending | Healthcare Quality | High Interest Lending | Human Rights | Hunger | Immigration | Indigenous Rights | Inflation | Information Security | LGBT+ Rights | Living Conditions | Mental Health | Minimum Wage | Misinformation | Modern Slavery | Monopolies | Natural Disasters | Natural Resources | Nuclear Weapons | Obesity | Pesticides | Policing | Political Accountability | Political Stability | Pollution | Poverty | Prisoners' Rights | Privacy | Public Debt | Public Safety | Quality of Life | Racism | Recessions & Depressions | Refugees & Migrants | Reproductive Rights | Right to Know | Rights & Freedoms | Sexism | Social Inequality | Social Safety Net | Social Stability | Substance Abuse | Taxation | Technological Change | Terrorism | Tobacco & Nicotine Products | Toxic Waste | Unemployment | Urban Development | War | Women's Rights | Working Conditions | Workplace Safety |
2024 AdditionsThe following issues were added as notable this year.Academic Integrity | Algorithmic Bias | Artificial Intelligence Ethics | Cost of Living | Cybersecurity | Deepfakes | Electoral Reform | Mental Health Awareness | Nuclear Power | | Political Polarization | Right to Health | Social Media & Mental Health | Wage Theft |
Social Justice IssuesIssues related to fairness to people.Community IssuesIssues related to the quality of life in a place.Global IssuesIssues that cross borders or that may require international cooperation to solve.Economic IssuesIssues related to markets and finances.Political IssuesIssues that relate to the political system and government policy.Environmental IssuesEnvironmental destruction and issues related to nature. This includes environmental justice and the impact of environmental problems on communities.Technology IssuesThe impact of technology and rapid technological change on society, communities and culture.SummarySocial issues are problems and injustices that impact people and communities. These include problems directly related to living conditions, opportunity, rights, freedoms, human dignity and mutual respect.DiscussionSocial issues include a number of daunting problems that have deep-rooted historical origins or involve fundamental human challenges that have always existed in human societies. In this context, it is tempting to engage in bikeshedding -- the tendency for groups to focus on solving trivial problems while neglecting larger problems. Bikeshedding is an analogy to the management of a nuclear power station with safety and operational issues that spends half of an important management meeting talking about the construction of a new bicycle parking area. It is common for people who are familiar with executive management to identify with this analogy as a truism. In terms of social issues, bikeshedding could apply to focusing on minor issues such the semantics of politically correct speech while neglecting crushing and painful social problems that greatly influence quality of life.Another well known obstacle to solving social issues is virtue signalling and the use of social issues as a tool of self-promotion. In this context, social issues that look the most virtuous or trendy get massive funding and attention while issues that create much human suffering may be neglected.Next: Community Issues
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