LS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Mahatma Gandhi, Social Class, Moral Development
1 Dec 2016
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Social change: modification in the way people govern themselves, and seek ultimate meaning in life. Also, refers to the restructuring of the basic ways people relate to each other with regard to the government, economics. The efficacy of law as an instrument of social change. As an instrument of social change, law entails two interrelated processes, the institutionalization, and the internalization of patterns of behaviour. Institutionalization: refers to the establishment of a norm with the provisions for its enforcement (such as non- discrimination in employment) Internalization: the incorporation of the value of values implicit in law (for example discrimination is wrong) Traditional authority: bases its claim to legitimacy on an established belief in the sanctity of traditions and the legitimacy of the status of those exercising authority. The obligation of obedience is not a matter of acceptance of the legality of an impersonal order but, rather, a matter of personal loyalty.
