Gamini SinglaAIR 3 · CSE 2021 · 160 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening · a definition
Laws are statutorily backed rules and guidelines, laid out by Governments. Moral norms are right course of action, as laid out by the community.
Laws violation lead to formal punishment. Moral norms leads to societal sanctions eg social boycott.
Body · points and prose
Laws consistent with moral norms?
It is not essential to always be in line with moral norms as Moral norms might be unethical. eg Sati, which was abolished by a law - Bengal Regulation Act, 1829.
Laws can act as a beginner incentive to change wrong moral norms. eg Prohibition of Child Marriage Act.
- Sometimes, it becomes essential to lay out laws inconsistent with social norms:
Challenges: If laws inconsistent then → Violated by the public eg child marriages still continue → Not accepted by the people → Slow change in the society
Close · a way forward
Thus, laws must be combined with behavioural change campaigns and persuasions. In other cases, interference with social norms must be avoided, unless it affects the society negatively.