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In [[sociology]], '''manners''' are the unenforced standards of conduct which show the actor to be [[culture]]d, [[politics|polite]], and refined. They are like [[law]]s in that they codify or set a [[standard]] for [[human]] [[behavior]], but they are unlike laws in that there is no [[formal]] [[system]] for punishing transgressions, other than social disapproval. What is considered "mannerly" is highly susceptible to change with time, geographical location, [[status|social stratum]], occasion, and other factors. That manners matter is evidenced by the [[fact]] that large [[books]] have been written on the subject, advice columns frequently deal with questions of mannerly behavior, and that schools have existed for the sole [[purpose]] of teaching manners.
A lady is a term frequently used for a woman who follows proper manners; the term gentleman is used as a male counterpart; though these terms are also often used for members of a particular [[status|social class]].
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Even the work of this world, paramount though it is, is not nearly so important as the way ('''manner''') in which you do this work. [https://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=https://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper39.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper39.html&line=146#mfs]

==References==
* Truss, Lynn (Nov. 14, 2005). "Don't be so rude". ''New Straits Times'', p. L12&ndash;L13.

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==Further reading==
* "Manner Equals Morals" by [[Ruth Nanda Anshe]]n, Moyer-Bell, ISBN 1559210621
* ''New Manners for New Times: A Complete Guide to Etiquette,'' by Letitia Baldrige, New York:  Scribner, 2003, ISBN 0-7432-1062-X, 709 pages.
* ''Manners from Heaven: A Divine Guide to Good Behaviour'', by Quentin Crisp, HarperCollins Publishers (June 13, 1985), ISBN 0-00-654133-X, 138 pages.
* ''Town & Country Modern Manners: The Thinking Person's Guide to Social Graces'', edited by Thomas P. Farley, Hearst Books (September 2005), ISBN 1-58816-454-3, 256 pages.
* ''Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior'', by Judith Martin, W. W. Norton & Company; Updated edition (April 20, 2005), ISBN 0-393-05874-3, 864 pages.
* ''Emily Post's Etiquette'', by Peggy Post, HarperResource; 17th Indxd edition (November 1, 2004), ISBN 0-06-620957-9, 896 pages. Available online at [https://www.bartleby.com/95/ Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home].



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