Difference between morality & etiquette and morality & law?

Question

What do you think is the difference between:
a) morality & etiquette?
b) morality & law?

Answer 1

Good question.

a) Morality is the set of values you live by, even if you don't consciously think about
them. These values usually are learned at home, at school, from friends, and from
your own experience in life. You can always tell what a person's moral values
are by how that person behaves. Someone who believes in doing good and not
hurting others will, hopefully, behave that way.

Etiquette is the set of rules designed to make pleasant encounters between all
people. Etiquette is politeness in action. Each culture has its own set of
rules for how to act in public. Good manners can be thought of as good
behavior toward others.

The difference between morality and ethics: morality is the underlying set of
values you live by; etiquette is your polite behavior. A very immoral person can
be very polite. As an example, Adolf Hitler, a very evil person, was also known
to have good manners (etiquette) when it suited him.

b) Morality is the set of values you live by. Law is the set of rules set up by a
society to protect the rights, the lives, the property of people. There are
penalties for violating these laws.

EXAMPLE: If you value human life (moral value), you wouldn't run a red light,
because you wouldn't want to risk hurting someone. Stopping at a red light is also the law, and there is a penalty attached to violating the law. A person who is polite
(following the rules of etiquette), would stop at a red light, too, not only because it is the law, but because it is the polite thing to do and shows respect for others.

I hope this helps you.

Answer 2

A) morality is what is "right" in any given culture as relates to not harming others physically, emotionally, economically, etc... Etiquette is following rules of engagement between people to smooth the interaction. It has nothing to do with any injury, it is simply a set of rules so that people know what to expect.

B) see above for morality. Law is what everyone has decided is right and wrong which often has nothing at all to do with anyone being injured in any way (smoking pot, running a red light, etc...)

Actually perhaps law and etiquette are closer than I thought. They each are a somewhat arbitrary set of rules to smooth interactions in a society. Running a red light at 4 in the morning on a completely deserted road is not immoral, but it is illegal. Using a fork to cut your meat isn't immoral but it is against etiquette. Each action has no real meaning and harms no one. But each "breaks the rules". Good question!!!

Answer 3

A) Well, morality is what shows where you are going after death, Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory. Etiquette is just like little pointers to stay on the path of morality.

B)Morality is as I said before, law usually follows Morality, but it does NOT decide your fate unless it does impact the rules of Morality.

Answer 4

morality is something that you do because it is what you feel is right and what you feel you should do. Ettiquette is something that you do because it is something that society has established as the proper way to doing something. Law is something that you have to obey in order to keep from reaping the consequences.
Some laws were most likely established on the overall morals of society.
This is a really deep question. I could get really far into it and write a novel, but I'm not gonna do it.
I think dictionary.com could help you out. I tried to look so I could give you a more educated guess, but my computers acting up. At any rate you have given me something to ponder.

Answer 5

etiquette and law are two entirely different things.