单项选择题
| Every nation has a set of rules either
written or unwritten, which determines how people act with each other. Formal
written rules are often laws and they control how we drive operate a business,
or run a government. Individuals who disobey laws may be fined or put in jail
because illegal behavior generally harms other individuals or societies at
large. Our court system must punish people who don’t obey these formal
rules. Informal rules, often called "manners", describe correct and incorrect behavior in such situations as eating in a restaurant, going on a date, or working in an office. If one is impolite or misbehaves in these situations, other people often consider offender insensitive. And although we can strongly disagree to such misconduct, we can no legally punish someone for simply being inconsiderate or unpleasant. Neither laws nor manners are inflexible; both changes as society develops. For example, in the early twentieth century, the selling of strong spirits was forbidden. This law, however, had to be changed because the government found it impossible to force people to drink only soft drinks. More recently, many people who were dissatisfied with the unequals between the rights of men and women worked to pass the equal rights law, as women became more independent and took on new roles, a new law was considered necessary to reflect that change. |