in the context of determinants of civil society, involves the voluntary acceptance of standards established by nongovernmental entities.

The answer to the blank space given in the question is self-regulation.

Self-regulation in this context means that as individuals in a civil society, a person should follow standards accepted by a nongovernmental entity despite not having the threat of a punishment if she or he chose to not follow the rule. Since nongovernmental entities do not have the same power as a government, an individual’s self-regulation would determine whether a person would abide by the standards set or not.

well it depends i think people around the world are coming around to gay marriage. but if you are talking abortion then wow, so much to talk about. such as men thinking they have the right to choose if women can, the fact there are health concerns if the women can't get one, and many more arguments to discuss. so i would definitely say abortion would be a much more interesting topic.