Posted: Mar 10, 2018 11:21 pm
Sendraks wrote:Cito di Pense wrote: If social problems were easy to solve by waving one's hands at them, social problems would rapidly become a thing of the past, and religion would then have fewer evils at which to wave its hands.
And even the Jedi couldn't solve all social problems by waving their hands.
There are some dim theories in sociobiology that point at the function of peer disapproval in establishing group norms or morals. I'm not sure that blogging is the natural successor (emphasis on 'success') to shunning as a means of enforcing social norms, especially cross-culturally. I would seek an evidence-based approach to demonstrating the effectiveness of blogging in improving legal enforcement or creating positive social change.