If we have to follow the rules all the time, why do we make exceptions to those rules?

We must first make sure we understand: What are the rules? Rules are principles thought of by an entity meant to bring order, most of the times in a society.

If we talk about the rules of a society, we can say that the more society develops, the more those rules must be transformed into laws. In an abstract way, the oldest rules that we are more or less aware of are exactly the 10 commandments received by Moses. If we make a “family tree” of most of the rules of coexistence, we will see that they lead to those rules. We can say that for the society developed on Christianity, the pillars of the society but also the moral values ​​are exactly those rules, called commandments. As free will, respectively, the value of the individual gained more importance, more and more rules appeared.

Over the years these rules have undergone transformations. The reason why these rules have undergone transformations is precisely the reason why there are exceptions to the rules: Depending on the evolution of society and events, a rule cannot cover all possible scenarios.

About 17 years ago, one of my mentors told me: “There are two categories of people, those who obeyed the rules of society and those who did not obey those rules. Mankind has evolved because of those…