ABSTRACT
Social organization is an outcome of the recognition of the individual’s limited power as compared to the advantages present in the power of cooperation. The existence of a society is contingent upon its individuals’ consent to accept a behavioral code, a body of laws, enabling collective life. The individual who chooses to live in cooperation relinquishes a little of his personal freedom in exchange for social protection. Aristotle wrote that ‘… the state comes into existence, originating in the bare needs of life, and continuing in existence for the sake of a good life’.1
