Question

How do social control measures reinforce morality in society?

Answer 1

1. Social control operates through both formal and informal modes to reinforce morally acceptable behaviour and maintain order in society.
2. Moral concepts such as justice, honesty, fairness, incorruptibility, freedom, and mercy are strengthened through these measures.
3. Formal institutions like law, government, and legal systems help regulate deviant behaviour and ensure social order.
4. Informal measures such as religion, customs, cultural values, beliefs, and traditions also encourage conformity within society.
5. People follow formal rules and informal practices because they fear social alienation and wish to remain accepted by society.
6. When social control is exercised through these methods, it shapes individual behaviour and maintains social order.
7. Every society primitive or modern, has its own idea of morality, based on its social ethos.
8. For example, some societies may revere an animal or bird as sacred, while others may treat the same species for economic use.
9. Their laws and informal social pressure promote these moral ideas through socialisation, festivals, and cultural ceremonies.
10. However, certain moral values like compassion, humanity, love, and care are universal.
11. These universal values are internalised by individuals mainly through the process of socialisation.