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  2. Social rule system theory - Wikipedia

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    Social rule system theory is an attempt to formally approach different kinds of social rule systems in a unified manner. Social rules systems include institutions such as norms, laws, regulations, taboos, customs, and a variety of related concepts and are important in the social sciences and humanities.

  3. Social norm - Wikipedia

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    Rules and norms are not necessarily distinct phenomena: both are standards of conduct that can have varying levels of specificity and formality. [12] [14] Laws are a highly formal version of norms. [16] [12] [17] Laws, rules and norms may be at odds; for example, a law may prohibit something but norms still allow it. [14]

  4. Social control - Wikipedia

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    Individuals internalize the values of their society, whether conscious or not of the indoctrination. Traditional society relies mostly on informal social control embedded in its customary culture to socialize its members. The internalization of these values and norms is known as a process called socialization.

  5. Social structure - Wikipedia

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    Likewise, society is believed to be grouped into structurally related groups or sets of roles, with different functions, meanings, or purposes. Examples of social structure include family, religion, law, economy, and class. It contrasts with "social system", which refers to the parent structure in which these various structures are embedded.

  6. The Rules of Sociological Method - Wikipedia

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    The binding nature of social facts is often implicit, because the rules of society are internalized by individuals in the process of education and socialization. [ 13 ] Durkheim distinguished two types of social facts: normal social facts – which, within a society, occur regularly and most often – and pathological social facts – which are ...

  7. Five precepts - Wikipedia

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    The five precepts (Sanskrit: pañcaśīla; Pali: pañcasīla) or five rules of training (Sanskrit: pañcaśikṣapada; Pali: pañcasikkhapada) [4] [5] [note 1] is the most important system of morality for Buddhist lay people. They constitute the basic code of ethics to be respected by lay followers of Buddhism.

  8. Institution - Wikipedia

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    Rules are behavioral instructions that facilitate individuals with the cognitive task of choosing behavior by defining the situation and coordinating behavior." [2] All definitions of institutions generally entail that there is a level of persistence and continuity. [5] Laws, rules, social conventions and norms are all examples of institutions. [6]

  9. Social welfare function - Wikipedia

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    This axiom formalizes the idea that every person should be treated equally in society. For example, R should be indifferent between (1, 4, 4, 5) and (5, 4, 4, 1), because the only difference is whether 3. Continuity: for every profile v, the set of profiles weakly better than v and the set of profiles weakly worse than v are closed sets ...