Manners: The Domain of “Obedience to the Unenforceable”

Mark Twain once wrote that “Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater.”  One of the unique things about manners is that although they are a sort of “rules,” they are, in the end, only self-imposed.  They are a matter of right conduct, rather than legal compulsion. What do I mean?  Well, think about […]