ABSTRACT
The law of relativity is generally applicable to all collective movements. The law or principle of relativity in social life is a principle thanks to which any social movement, like any individual action, has significance not on its own, taken separately, but in correlation with the given social conditions. Social traditions limit the freedom of the individual, but at the same time exert a stimulating influence in relation to everything that abets the establishment of social beginnings. This chapter looks at more or less constant social inhibitors, such as the demands of laws, religion, social traditions, morals, and decency. The demands of the law limit freedom of action in relation to so-called crimes, but also assist social life in sheltering the population from theft and violation. The principle of relativity is evident in many other manifestations of social life, and especially in the replacement of one social phenomenon by another.
