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? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

 A community can have people with diverse cultures, ethnicities, characteristics, opinions, and lifestyles. Some people believe that for a peaceful and functional social structure, people’s choices must be analysed and curbed if needed.

I wholeheartedly agree that some form of limits must be placed on the extent of freedom one could exercise, as otherwise there would be utter chaos, especially in this era of rising highly advanced technologies that even experts fail to understand completely. What would happen if everyone could enjoy ultimate freedom? There would be nothing to stop criminals and wars, and just a few nuclear explosions would be enough to annihilate the entire world. Even social animals like ants, elephants, monkeys, and so on follow some basic form of unwritten rules based on mutual understanding without which their own ecosystem will be in danger. Similarly, humans too follow rules to sustain ourselves and our ecosystem.

But obviously, we do not follow the rules that we used to a century ago. The constitution must change with time, as the aspects that govern human life change. For example, with time we discover and invent new products that change our basic needs and/or the way we attain our needs, like the internet. Also, the constitution must change with our increased understanding of the world. For example, we understood the harmful effects of nuclear weapons on our ecosystem and introduced strictures like the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons to save our environment. Furthermore, the laws must properly represent all the sections of society and grant a certain level of freedom to its individuals.

Rules and regulations are thus essential for the existence and function of a society, provided they do not discriminate against its individuals and are updated with the changing times.