Introduction
Society is defined as a group of people who have common interests as well as unique cultures and traditions. The individuals from a society might be from diverse cultural backgrounds or from a particular community. They strive towards the same goal of maintaining and protecting their society. The society can be taken as a religion, country, culture or even the world as a whole. (Davis, 1959, p.759)
An ideal society in my point of view is one that upholds virtues such as freedom, justice, kindness and peace. In most cases, for a society to be perfect equality is essential in ensuring that virtues such as kindness and peace are maintained among the people in the community. This implies that people should shun racism, sexist and any religious discrimination within the society. The people in the society will take care of each other’s needs without expecting anything in return. This will promote peace and allow for unity and cooperation among everyone. In the society, everything should be standardized so that order and conformity can succeed. (Smart, 1993, p.2)
Main body
Religion plays a great role in ensuring the existence of a perfect society. Religion is very important because it helps control human conduct and behavior by putting a check on any unlawful trend in humanity. Most religions preach peace, love and harmony between the people in the society and thus it strikes a balance where negative influence brings destruction, immorality as a result corrupting the society. In my ideal society, every individual will be free to practice their religion as long as they do not violate human rights. This means that everyone should practice their choice of religion but at the same time ensure that they do not harm other people in any way. (Davis, 1959, p.760)
In my perfect society healthcare should be an important element in ensuring a healthy humanity. There are many people who get sick in the world today and in most cases they do not have means to pay to receive treatment. In my ideal society the people in the society should have ways of helping people through good equipments and structures that will ensure that any situation is solved amicably. The healthcare givers should always be ready and willing to assist the sick and they would be trained to help with any sort of condition possible. They would be willing to do their work the best way possible and money will not be an issue for them. (Gordon, &Hinson, 2007, p.535)
Good governance should be considered when talking about a perfect society. There should be well-built leadership structures within the society to ensure that all the people in the society adhere to the laws that are in place. The leaders should practice justice and fairness in all sectors of the society. Human rights issues should be respected and the lawmakers should not treat the people with contempt or with favor. The leader should not be oppressive or practice corruption in the time he will be in authority but should strive to ensure peace prevails in the society. The leader should not misuse his authority to mistreat and practice unethical and immoral activities that will lead to the deterioration of the society. (Shleifer, & Vishny 1997, p.740)
Family is an important institution in any ideal society. The family acts as the cornerstone for any sound society. Children should be taught good values and morals that will help mold them into mature adults. They should be able to learn virtues such as respect, responsibility, co-operation, tolerance and other good values in a family setting. They will be able to learn and understand their social backgrounds whether they are rich or poor and be able to be proud of who they are. In this way, the parents act as the role models for the children and thus harmony and peace are maintained in the society. (Davis, 1959, p.760)
An ideal society will also have good customs and laws in its institutions that are favorable to its members. Laws should be put into place that will ensure law and orders as well maintain stability in the society. Punishment should be put in place to punish the offenders and those who will break the law. Punishment should be given in a just way depending on the type and magnitude of the crime. Social injustices and unfairness should not be tolerated and thus the society will be ideal to all people. This will allow for the situation where people keep away from crime and other immoral activities in the society. (Davis, 1959, p.761)
How would the social institutions operate differently from those that currently exist?
Looking at the society today, one does not fail to notice the social class that exists between the leaders and the rest of the society. In most cases, these leaders are not elected democratically. In my ideal society, the government institution will be a simple system of governance that is open to everyone in the society. There will be a central leader for the whole society who will be chosen and accepted by every member of the society. The leader will ensure that resources are shared equally to everyone in the society. There will be no ownership of property since everything within the society will be availed to everyone without discrimination. The leader will ensure that no one person will claim or steal any property in order to exploit others. This society will be open and everything will be done with the approval of every member of the society. (Smart, 1993, p.3)
The leader will also ensure that those elected to help him in running the affairs of the society are honest and treat the people with respect. There will be no issues of paying taxes to the government because it will be a free world. The governmental will give free medical attention and education to everyone who needs it. People will be allowed to interact and work with each member in the society. In this society the government will ensure that there is no racial or color discrimination or any other kinds of abuse. The government will also ensure that all people live in peace, united and always happy. It will be a free form of government looking out for all the needs of the members. (La Porta etal, 1999, p.480)
Conclusion
A perfect society in most cases is not possible because human beings are different. This however does not mean that society cannot strive to try and achieve a perfect or workable society that will be conducive to all human beings. Leaders from all over the world should unite and ensure that peace is achieved. This will make the dream of a perfect society come close to fulfillment.
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