Character based Society vs Law based Society

Every person wants to live in a Society that respects that person's ethos. Many have 'nice' ethos, no doubt, but many also want to do whatever they want without any consequences. For example, I have met with many people who want a strict law of the land for others but not for them. For them, they want the law to look the other way when they embezzle other people's funds, but want a very strict law on other people.

Why is this? Our present society has raised us to follow the "Law of the Land", and many of these "Laws" have loopholes, or we become smart/knowledgeable about the laws to maneuver our way through all the nooks and corners to ultimately get what we want.

Is this how we want our Society to function. Do we want the law to spell out each and every point of our lives. Do we want pages upon pages of laws to govern us. Do we really have to have people that are always ready to pounce upon us for even the smallest non-conforming thing.

Our forefathers, the enlightened beings that walked on earth and all the enlightened texts want us to become a Character Based society rather then a Law Based society. A character based society would be where each one of us would know the difference between right and wrong and not look for what the Law says.

For comparison, I think the Internet ecosystem (and technology in general) is becoming more of a Character Based society. People on social media give their inputs based on what they think is right rather then what the "Law" thinks is right. I even see the open source movement as a character based society where each individual contributes for the "greater good" of all.

But, can Character Based society remain intact in the absence of Law? This is the real question. I think that Law will still be required, but based on character and not punishment. The end result of Law should not be punishment but increase of Character.

Again, this is very similar to the Internet ecosystem. Where we see a technology infringing upon people's rights and then when Law (mostly, a uproar by Character) comes then the technology changes its track to conform with Character rather then getting Punished. This is what it should be.