23. What do you understand by the remaking of human nature? What is the importance of this principle for politics, industry, and social progress?
24. Explain the proverbs: "Habit is ten times nature," "Habit is second nature."
25. What is Cooley's definition of human nature? Do you agree or disagree with him? Elaborate your position.
26. To what extent does human nature differ with race and geographic environment?
27. How would you reinterpret Aristotle's and Hobbes's conception of human nature in the light of this definition?
28. What illustrations of the difference between folkways and mores would you suggest?
29. Classify the following forms of behavior under (a) folkways or (b) mores: tipping the hat, saluting an officer, monogamy, attending church, Sabbath observance, prohibition, immersion as a form of baptism, the afternoon tea of the Englishman, the double standard of morals, the Ten Commandments, the Golden Rule, the Constitution of the United States.
30. What do you understand to be the relation of the mores to human nature?
31. In what way is (a) habit related to will? (b) custom related to the general will?
32. How do you distinguish the general will (a) from law, (b) from custom?