What are the differences among folkways, mores, and laws?
What are the differences among folkways, mores, and laws?
Folkways, mores, and laws influence the behavior and attitudes of an individual within a society.
The differences among folkways, mores, and law are listed below:
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Folkway |
Mores |
Law |
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Folkways are the socially approved conventions or customs comprising standards of behaviors concerning an individual in a culture or society. |
Mores are the socially accepted and expected norms and customs dictating social behavior and attitudes. |
Law comprises the set of rules or system of rules enforced within a nation, state of society. |
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Folkways are informal rules which are not morally binding. |
Mores are morally binding. |
Law is formal and legally binding as the court, or the legal system enforces it within a state or nation. |
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The violation of folkways is not considered offensive. |
The violation of mores impacts the social sanction of individual labeling him/her as deviant. |
The violation of law is met with legal punishment. |
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Folkways are not strict about following. |
Mores are coercive and confining in nature but are mandatory to follow if they are ready to bear the consequences. |
Law, on the other hand, must be strictly followed in society. |
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