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Understand Laws and
Concepts
By: Dr. Benard Etta
The
laws and concepts of a century direct the civilization of that century. Laws
and concepts are governing principles and ideologies capable of influencing
the operative dynamics of a century, human advancement, societal evolution
and revolution.
The laws and concepts of a century underlined determine and define the
operative dynamics of that century, human and societal operations with
respect to life's demands in virtually every area. In the absence of
hypothetical laws and concepts, humanity is compelled to operate as blind
horses without governing principles and ideologies to order her operation.
Laws: I define laws as principles which underline or define the governing
operative dynamics of a century, human and societal advancement and
operation in relation to demand.
Professor Mbuya Divine of the Nation Builders Institute defines laws as
major pathways with resultant consequences. Ashu Solange; a student of the
Nation Builders Institute defines laws as fundamental principles which
govern life.
In a nut-shell, laws determine human and societal operations. There are four
types of laws; human, natural, Divine and social laws.
Human laws: These are principles or stipulated standards made by men to
order the behavior of individuals and to determine the operative dynamics of
a setup, society, nation or the world. In a setup, human laws may take the
form of rules and regulations. While in a society or nation, human laws may
take the form of constitutions of government, legislation or judicial
opinions.
Natural laws: These are forces operating in nature defining the operative
dynamics of the universe in relation to the earth's demands. Natural laws
are equally known as universal laws, e.g. the law of gravity.
Divine laws: These are absolute principles which govern existence and
determine life's flow, rendering obligatory the consequences of 'cause and
effect'.
Divine laws are constants and they remain unchangeable with time. Any
attempt by men to ignore them, must result to terrible consequences. One of
the differences between human laws and natural laws, from Divine laws is
that, both human and natural laws can be altered with respect to time and
progress in human civilization but Divine laws are unchangeable. They are
constants and absolutes in every generation.
Social laws: These are principles which underline the governing operative
dynamics of a century with respect to human progress and operation, societal
evolutions and revolutions. Social laws determine the operative dynamics of
a century, human operations, productivity, progress, and effect societal
development in all domains. Principles are principal requirements for
positive revolution. They are settings for life occurrences.
Concepts: These are bodies of information or ideologies capable of
influencing the governing operative dynamics of a century, human progress,
societal evolution and revolution.
Concepts form the base of human mentality, ideas and notions which shape the
civilization of every generation. Concepts are ideological in their
characteristics. They define human operations in a century, human progress,
societal evolution and revolution. There are both negative and positive
concepts.
Negative concepts: These are humanistic ideologies and notions based on
selfishness and inhumanity. Individuals and societies which propagate
negative concepts are those characterized either by undemocratic, autocratic
political systems or religious and sectarian extremism.
Examples of some negative concepts are terrorism, communism, Nazism,
anti-Semitism, ethnic cleansing, etc. Negative concepts have never
contributed to advance the cause of human dignity and civilization. They
have inspired inhumanity, violence and all forms of human degradation.
Positive concepts: These are quality and positively inspired information or
ideologies capable of enhancing human character, value, operation,
productivity and effecting societal evolution and revolution. Positive
concepts are products of mental illumination and regeneration. Great
civilizations owe their breakthroughs to positive concepts which were
products of illuminated and regenerated minds.
For instance, the concept of the Pilgrim Fathers based on Divinity, human
dignity, freedom and democracy is the foundation of the greatness of
America. The combination of positive laws and concepts has resulted to the
enhancement of human operations, productivity and progress in civilization
in every generation.
Social laws and concepts are governing principles and ideologies which
define the operative dynamics of a century, human progress, societal
evolution and revolution.
This research work is centered on unveiling the social laws and concepts of
the 21st century, in order to direct and coordinate this century, its human
operations, societal evolution and revolution. The concept and dynamics of a
century: A century is a period of 100 years within a millennium (1.000
years) and there are ten centuries in a millennium. Ten decades make up a
century.
According to the millennium concept, every first century in a millennium is
the leadership century of that millennium and every first decade of a
century is the leadership decade of that century, when the laws and concepts
which have to govern the operative dynamics of a century have to be
expounded.
According to the law of every day's provision, every century has its
operational dynamics in relativity to the unique challenges,
responsibilities, opportunities, privileges and possibilities of a century.
Laws and concepts determine, underline and define the operative dynamics of
a century.
The politico-socio-economic and scientific dimensions of a century are
indebted to the quality in the laws and concepts of a century.
A century with positive and quality laws and concepts will inevitably result
to positive revolutions in the politico-socio-economic and scientific
operative dynamics and dimensions of that century, and vice versa. Laws and
concepts influence the entire governing system of a century.
Human progress: Humanity is destined to progress with time in relation to
her mental, physical, spiritual and social demands. Human progress is the
progress in human development and civilization. Human progress is relative
to human development and human development is the foundation for human
civilization. All the breakthroughs of a generation, be it political,
social, economic, scientific, technological etc, are related to human
progress.
Human progress is not an accidental occurrence. It is the result of well
applied principles and policies rooted in the social laws and concepts of a
people. No people can progress beyond the quality of their social laws and
concepts. Social laws and concepts are governing principles and ideologies
which define the operative dynamics of a century, human progress, societal
evolution and revolution.
Human progress is evident in the quality of human operation, productivity
and impact in relation to life's demands. Quality and positive knowledge,
ideas, inventions, innovations, creations and discoveries are all products
of human progress. Humanity can never fulfill her destiny in stagnation.
Human progress is not an option but a necessity with respect to human
productivity and fulfillment. In the absence of human progress, life becomes
a burden and a whole system of frustrations.
For human progress to be evident in the 21st century, humanity must make
discoveries of the social laws and concepts which have to govern her
operations, productivity and impact. This is the purpose of this research
work.
Societal revolution: Societies were to evolve with time in relation to human
demands. No society can
accommodate its increasing human demands from a stagnant position. Social
laws and concepts are the governing operative principles and ideologies
through which societal evolution is possible. Societal evolution is the
progressive development of societies in their structures and systems of
operation in relation to human demand. Human demand is the trigger to
societal evolution.
With every thing being equal, people grow with time. It is difficult for a
society to accommodate her human demand in the present and future at the
same level of development. Thus, societal evolution must be relative to
human demand per time. When societies fail to evolve with time in relation
to human demand, they attract revolts, civil wars or any form of disorder
and instability.
Societies characterized by instability and all forms of disorder are
societies which have failed to progress with time in relation to human
demands. When societal evolution can no longer meet the increasing demands
of human development, a society then needs a positive revolution to survive.
Societal revolution: This is a process which redefines, transforms and
alters the structures and systems on which a society operates, in relation
to the increasing demand of human development. Societal revolution is the
only option for societal survival and progress when societal evolution fails
to march the increasing human demand. Revolution ushers in a new order as a
positive solution to societal instability.
For societal revolution to take place there must be a discovery of new laws
and concepts to inspire change in the dynamics of societal operations in
relation to time and human demand.
Societal revolution is a constant
requirement for societal progress. It embodies new principles, policies and
ideologies to shape, reorient and transform the entire governing structures
and systems on which a society functions. Thereby enlarging the society to
accommodate its new challenges.
In summary, social laws and concepts are the principles and ideologies which
define the operative dynamics of a century, human progress, societal
evolution and revolution. A change in social laws and concepts is a change
in a century's operative dynamics, human progress, societal evolution and
revolution. Thus, humanity and societies are governed by the quality of
their principles and ideologies.
To redirect the civilization of the 21st century towards a positive
direction, there is need for humanity to expound on quality and positive
social laws and concepts as instruments of change. This is the purpose of
this visionary work.
About the Author:
Dr. Benard Etta is an author
of fifty books, a social scientist, visionary, educator, mentor, coach and
CEO of Nation Builders International, an educative and human resource
organization.
Man of the year 2005, nomination by American Biographical Institute. Third
most influential Anglophone Cameroonian, nomination by a Cameroonian leading
news paper (Cameroon Post 2003).
Honorary Doctorate degree on special field Human Resource Development, from
life leadership University USA. etc. NATION BUILDERS INTERNATIONAL, PO BOX
6146 Yaounde, Cameroon.
Dr. Etta can be reached via e-mail at:
info@nationbuildersint.org
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