Do Good Manners Still Matter? | It’s A Question Of Balance 18 July 2015

Broadcast on 18 July 2015 on KSCO AM 1080, KOMY AM 1340 and KSCO.com Live Stream.

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Hour 1: Out And About – Conversations with People on the Street about Questions That Matter: Do Good Manners Still Matter?

This week we consider ‘Do Good Manners Still Matter?’ There are a lot of books on etiquette, on which fork to use when, and how to write the perfect thank you note. However, Lucinda Holdforth in her book Why Manners Matter: The case for civilised behaviour in a barbarous world defines manners a bit differently. She defines manners as a set of small sacrifices we make for other people stating “these individual gestures, seemingly so small, add up to the not inconsiderable achievement of a civil society. Our small sacrifices amount to something big.” Have you ever thought of manners as being important enough to contribute to a civil society, perhaps even leading to the need for fewer laws? Manners in many ways give dignity to ourselves and others but are we losing the impetus to express gratitude, be polite, and respect each other? And if we are does that matter?

What do you think? Ruth Copland gets the views of people on the street for our Out and About feature.

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