Question B

Civil and social stability cannot be based only on being kind and loving to everyone. People take advantage of such a benevolent society so there must be boundaries, limits, and customs enforced. Yes, being kind and loving should play a role in social stability because it would make things go smoother and easier. But in order to find such a good stability in society, there has to be a balance between being harmonious and kind to one another, as well as customs and respect. Being kind and loving to everyone does have benefits in making a society work, though. There would be a lot less judgement and hate,and more forgiveness and care toward one another. Those qualities are great and important for making a society work and stay stable. But stability requires balance and more of one element than another would obviously create an imbalance, therefore resulting in an unstable society. A society couldn't function with simply just rituals, customs, and respect. People would rebel, harshly judge one another, create hate within themselves, and be unhappy. On the contrary, a society where everyone just loved each other would be easy for people who did not agree with that moral code to take advantage of others and in the end, they would be triumphant because what are the people who do agree with the moral code going to do? Forgive them, love them anyway, and move on? Well, it would be their loss and the other's gain. So yes, a balance of both make a society function stably because both extremes have positive outcomes than can balance each other out. Respect and customs play a role in the stability of society because they set the bar of where people of a society should be, act, and follow. It's just that it can't be expected of everyone to love EVERYONE. People's personalities clash, some people just don't like each other and even though a society filled with benevolence sounds amazing, it's more of a fantasy because it's not possible. It's human nature to like and dislike others. That being said, I don't mean that loving, caring, and considering others isn't important, as I've said before, it's key to the balance of a stable society. As long as there is an enough amount of respect, customs, and benevolence in society, it creates an orderly system and balance.