Some general properties of norms. Norms can make anything wrong and deviant.
Norms can purify destructive behavior, such as war, and even make it honorable.
Since norms vary over time and across societies it is impossible to define or label behavior in absolute terms. What is acceptable in one society, or at one time, may not be so in another society or at another time. Folkways - The most simple component in the system. Folkways govern our daily routine and ordinary contacts with other people. They define proper behavior in various roles.