Moral Structures and Social System Stability

This article aims to develop a structural analytical framework to explain the relationship between moral structures and social system stability through a comparative analysis of John B. Calhoun’s experimental model of Mouse Utopia (Universe 25) and the fieldwork-based model of the Buddharaksa Moral Community within the Thai social context.

The study proposes that the collapse of social systems does not primarily result from material scarcity, but from the absence of value-based structures that function as a “social immunity system.” In contrast, the Buddharaksa Moral Community represents an alternative structural model in which social stability is generated through moral foundations, relational networks, field-based support for vulnerable groups, compassion, family resilience and positive social energy.

This article introduces the concept of “Moral Structure as Social Immunity” to conceptualize morality not merely as an ethical norm, but as a protective structural mechanism that prevents behavioral disintegration and systemic social collapse in the long term.