Society is based on rules and laws. It could not function if individuals were free to do whatever they wanted to do. To what extent do you agree or disagree.

Society is based on rules and laws. It could not function if individuals were free to do whatever they wanted to do. To what extent do you agree or disagree.

Essay: Laws and regulations are basic foundations of any society and if people were free to operate without any rules, disorder and tumult would descend.  I am in complete agreement with this notion and will discuss the same below.

People need boundaries that safeguard the harmonious social environment. It is impossible to create an order and run it efficiently without guidelines. For instance, the constitution and the laws not just protect the functioning of the state and society but also the fundamental rights of the people to survive without inhibitions. A multi-storeyed project built in non-compliance with construction rules and laws, for example, would be blown away in the storm and be dangerous for occupants. Therefore, any society that fails to establish and  adhere to certain conventions, is highly likely to be self-destructive and be vulnerable to chaos.

On top of that, Actions of the populace shall also be kept under control, else it will be harmful to other inhabitants and the overall system. If people could do anything they wanted, there would be antisocial acts galore exposing civilization to lawlessness. In absence of strict laws, systematic hierarchy and guiding rules, muscle power and money will become the only dominating factors in the functioning of the societal structure, which will be catastrophic. This can be exemplified by citing Rome, which was one of the most developed civilizations in history; however, when Romans started breaching social and civil norms, it witnessed a tragic downfall, the empire weakened and it sunk into oblivion.

In conclusion, I concur that conventions and stipulations render a concrete plinth to an effective social order, but abandoning these  tenets will engender anarchy and dilapidation in the system, impeding any positive developments.