Plathon

Apr 20, 2024

The Acceptability of Norms: A Challenge of Our Time

Nowadays, the term "norm" does not have a good reputation. The public perception is one of an accumulation of increasingly complex and distant norms. Of a technocratic superstructure where economic power dominates and dissolves political power. This growing public perception of the distant and technocratic nature of increasingly numerous norms results in a decreasing acceptance from citizens. How, then, to renew in our contemporary societies the acceptability of norms after the collapse of traditional authorities that founded their legitimacy for several centuries?