Compare And Contrast Folkways And Mores

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Folkways are impulsive and passively observed in a way that there is little to no pressure, on individuals who violated such orders in the society. Children learn how to behave in agreements with those Folkways by observation from parents and adults in such society while Mores are norms of a society that have an official means of conforming the laws of the land. Norms are ways to guarantee that every member of a giving society behave according to the customary law of the land. An individual who breaks these laws are subjected to punishments. The society has this mores and people are assigned to enforce them and whoever that cannot conform to this law are liable for the consequences and this are just ways that every society use to promote orders and reinforcing that there is a uniformity in everyone's behavior in order to coexist in a giving society by order. …show more content…

An Example of a Mores: If an individual decided to kill based on a disagreement, then this is punishable by the law (Mores) However, both Folkways and Mores are the norms of a giving society at any giving time on just carry more punishable weight than the other, but both a created to be able to manage and maintain others in a giving

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