Morality is a kind of "soft constraint", and the law is not only realized by people consciously observing the law, but also guaranteed by the coercive force of the state. It is a kind of "hard constraint" to force people to obey through external forces.

From the perspective of short-term social development, the law should be binding, because the law has clear provisions on people's behavior. If you violate the law, you will be punished accordingly.

However, from a macro and long-term perspective, actual morality should be more binding than law. When the society is highly developed and the social civilization is highly advanced, people's behavior has been standardized and there are fewer crimes. At that time, people paid more attention to the evaluation in society, and paid more attention to the position and reputation of individuals in society. Therefore, when the society is highly developed, the binding force of morality is actually greater than the law.

1. What does moral constraint mean?

2. What does it mean to be bound by morality?

3. Is morality a constraint?

4. How to understand moral constraints?

1. Morality, as a criterion for regulating people's behavior, represents the positive value orientation of society and guides and promotes people to be good.

2. Morality depends on right and wrong, good and evil, etc. As an evaluation standard, it relies on public opinion, traditional customs and inner beliefs to realize the code of conduct for adjusting the relationship between people and between people and society.