Societal requirements transform into self-justifying norms devoid of social origin

Evidence

A social rule has an ‘internal’ aspect, in addition to the external aspect which it shares with a social habit and which consists in the regular uniform behaviour which an observer could record. — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 236 (#complicates, via linked claim)

In considering sociological phenomena, we thus find a hierarchy of relationships. This hierarchy can also be constructed from the viewpoint of ethical categories, although ethical categories are generally not very suitable points of departure for the convenient and complete isolation of sociological elements. The value-feelings with which we accompany the actions of individual wills fall into certain series. But the relation between these series, on the one hand, and constructs of forms of social relation according to objective-conceptual viewpoints, on the other, is completely fortuitous. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 295 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Custom precedes and generates law and morality from one undifferentiated norm; Society cultivates individual morality to cut enforcement costs; Social norms make people present stable identities that others can trust (+14 more)

Related

• Social rules require a reflective critical attitude toward uniform behavior standards (similarity 0.84)
• Custom precedes and generates law and morality from one undifferentiated norm (similarity 0.84)
• Ethical value-schemes map fortuitously onto objective social forms (similarity 0.80)
• Nothing in society is eternal, so moral standards must be revised (similarity 0.79)
• Social precepts can become interiorized until external compulsion becomes unnecessary (similarity 0.79)
• Conformity to social norms persists because deviance carries individual and social costs (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Social norms make people present stable identities that others can trust #expands (0.75)
• Social rules require a reflective critical attitude toward uniform behavior standards #complicates (0.75) — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 236
• Ethical value-schemes map fortuitously onto objective social forms #qualifies (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 295