Definition of Etiquette

Definition of EtiquetteIn the Indonesian General Dictionary given some sense of the word "etiquette", namely:1. Etiquette (Netherlands) piece of paper attached to the packaging of goods (trade) that read the names, contents, and so on about that stuff.2. Etiquette (France) customary politeness or good manners should always be considered in the association for the relationship is always good.Differences with the Ethics EtiquetteK. Bertens in his book entitled "Ethics" (2000) provides 4 (four) kinds of differences in etiquette with ethics, namely:1. Etiquette about how (good show), a deed must be human. For example: When I submit something to someone else, I have to hand it using the right hand. If I submit it with your left hand, then I considered breaking etiquette.Ethics concerns how to do an act at once to give the norm of the act itself. For example: Do not take other people's property without permission for taking other people's property without permission is tantamount to stealing. "Do not steal" is an ethical norm. Here the question is not whether the thieves are stealing with the right hand or left hand.2. Etiquette applies only in situations where we are not alone (there are other people around us). If there are no other people around us or no eye witnesses, then the label does not apply. For example: I'm eating together with friends, putting my feet on the table, then I considered melanggat etiquette. But if I'm eating alone (no one else), then I am not breaking etiquette if I eat that way.Ethics is always valid, whether we're alone or with others. For example: Prohibition stealing always apply, either currently own or someone else. Or borrowed items should always be returned even if the owner of the goods have been forgotten.3. Etiquette is relative. What is considered rude in one culture may be considered rude in other cultures. For example: eat with your hands or burp mealtime.Ethics are absolute. "Do not steal," "Do not kill" is the ethical principles that can not be bargained.4 .. Etiquette views human beings from outer side only. People who hold on the label can also be hypocritical. Eg: It could be someone Tampi as "hairy man cock", from the outside is unbelievably polite and smooth, but inside full of rottenness.Ethics in terms of looking at human. People who are ethically impossible hypocritical, because those who behave ethically must have people who really good.