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In the organized societies, they started to share their feelings of happiness and
hardships to each other. Similarly, they had to be protected from the invasion
of wild animals. They also required a collective effort for the hunting of wild
animals. In this way, the need for mutual cooperation and security led to the

formation of bigger societies.
Humans are social beings and that the basic element of a human society is a

person. An individual makes his/her contribution by bringing prosperity in
society. Similarly, there is no alternative of society for the human life. Regarding
the need of society, it definitely plays a vital role to distinguish humans from

other animals.
Necessity of the Society

Human beings can’t live alone. They
need co-operation and assistance from
other members of the society for their
easy survival. A society plays vital role
to make human life different from other

animals. Human being could not be in
this position in the absence of society.
The society is an integral part to fulfill

the basic to complex needs of the human Working together
beings. Society is needed for many reasons such as:

To fulfill the needs of each another
To feel secured and protected

To preserve and promote traditions, norms and values
To work for individual and collective welfare

To develop collective feeling, interrelationship and cooperation

To achieve the goals of our lives
To be active and contribute positively for the welfare of society

To pass down social identity, norms and values to the future generation, and

To provide social justice

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