> How do you propose, exactly, that society handle a person that openly admits that they'll do whatever they see fit and decide for themselves what rules they'l

> How do you propose, exactly, that society handle a person that openly admits that they'll do whatever they see fit and decide for themselves what rules they'll follow? Here's one method: We simply remove that person from the society, because society is made of rules, not people. In a word: fascism. Here's an alternative method: We better involve that person in the rule-structuring process. We do our best - through education, therapy, and socialization - to expand our common ground into shared goals; because society is made of people, not rules. If the person is unwilling to participate, then we give them judicious punishment. As a last resort, if the person is a threat to the safety of other people, we remove them from society. In a word: democracy. The benefit to society is the recognition that both rules and people are living and changing. We can recognize that society is a system, and empower people to be in control of that system, rather than allow the system be in control of us.