COMMUNICATION BETWEEN VALUES, SANCTIONS AND NORMS

When a person crosses road without pedestrian crossing, he or she commits criminal offense. Admittedly, there is hardly an adult in the world who has not committed this act. But these people are very likely to be punished more Switzerland, for example, than Turkey. Without any doubt, divergent practices can explained by cultural background, value system and infrastructure countries. First question what does observation explanation say about norms, everyday practices, habits laws general? The related is, how it that life we follow informal cultural-religious obligations at least as much formal laws? That difference between them usually consciously perceived. At same time, independent of actors’ conscious perception their difference, they influence, indeed determine way which action taken, thought about, facts concepts present themselves evaluated respective situations. Consequently, third values and, this, differ from norms. To answer questions, methodological distinction made sociology philosophy. This differentiation allows on one hand look norms genealogy other subject one’s own orientations critical examination light certain principles only life, but also science.