The Possible Coexistence of Society and History as Rule-governed Phenomena with Human Freedom

The present article is aiming at solving the problem of the relationship between society and history as rule-governed phenomena and human freedom. Unlike the two theories of historicism and determinism, or the opponents of the theory of rule-governedness of collective life, these two have no inconsistency with one another; rather, they have amutual relationship. To prove this claim, while investigation of the notions of research, the article tries to explore the concept of rulegoverdness of society and history. Then, it gives a careful analysis of the relationship of freedom with rule-governedness of history under the topic of the genetic laws and social rules, and offers a precise picture of this relationship.In this paper, special mention has been made of the social limitations in exercising freedom, such as moral legitimacy, objectivity, and internalization. Furthermore, a discussion has been raised on the ways an individual affects the society and history. In thisconnection, two courses of change in "ideals and goals" and "action and its consequences" have been dealt with, too.