How Will You Define Social Evils In The Society?

Any evil, such as overindulgence, that affects society is generally termed as social evil. An evil is always there in a society, there could hardly be any community which could be careful as most virtuous. It is normally the loosening effect of law and order attached with falling apart of moral values in a society which results in the spread of social evils.

These social evils can be defined in different subjects for instance, some might only be principled and some might relate to crime or it might as violate certain establish principles like respect of elders. A society infested with such negative norms has depicted gradual befall, as happened in the French revolution of 1789 and several other incidences where revolution became a possibility.

In modern society, with special reference to Pakistan, it is important to note that a number of social evils have grappled our country in its iron claws, in additions, it seems impossible to get out of its tentacles.

Although one cannot really draw a boundary around the social evils, yet generally they can be recognized in the form of corruption such as, bribery, nepotism, black marketing, adulteration and prostitution. But the list does not end here, in fact social evils are a wide spread Phenomena.

The best definition is a useful one; to be useful it must be practical; to be practical it must be short.

That said: A social evil is an action or attitude that if and when is allowed to run its course, results in the destruction, demise, or diminution of a society.