Common features and differences of social norms

Modern civilization has created many norms and rules that people follow in their lives
and activities. Human associations and institutions cannot function without them. All
norms are closely related to each other. Norms are divided into two groups - social and
technical. Lawyers do not deal with humanitarian sub-technical standards. But they are
in contact. These norms have different characteristics. Technical standards mean non-
social norms. These are "man-machine" and "man-tool" relationships. One side of them
is inanimate objects, they have a semi-social character. Socio-technical norms differ not
only by subjects, but also by content, order, determination methods, degree of
generality, formal determination and some other parameters.
During the period of scientific and technical revolution, the role of technical standards
increases many times. People's lives, fate, and health depend on whether you follow
them or not.
Social norms are general standards, examples, rules of their behavior, means of
regulating their interactions. Social norms include law. Social norms reflect the laws of
social development, but they are not. The process of formation of social norms is a
subjective factor. They are produced by humans.
The concepts of "norm" and "rule" are used and accepted as equivalent and
interchangeable in everyday life. "Rule" is still a narrower term than "norm", and
therefore they do not always and completely coincide. In particular, legal norms are
quite complex due to their design, elementary composition, where the rule does not
include presumption and sanction, but only their in the dispositions.
A social norm is not just an abstract rule of desirable behavior. It also means the real
action itself, established in life, in action.
Social norms are numerous and diverse, which is associated with the richness and
heterogeneity of social relations - the subject of regulation.
Legal science does not go into such a detailed and comprehensive classification, it
mainly divides these norms based on criteria such as methods of formation, scope, and
social orientation. In this regard, the following norms are distinguished: 1) legal; 2)
moral; 3) political; 4) aesthetic; 5) religion; 6) family; 7) corporate; 8) norms of customs,
traditions, habits; 9) work habits; 10) etiquette rules, propriety, manners, ceremonies,
rites. This is the generally accepted and most common classification. The unifying
principle here is that all these norms are social rather than technical in nature. Despite
their differences, they are closely related to each other, none of them operate in
isolation from the others.