Manners and morals

Manners and morals

FROM VOL. 19
Film and literary critic Alan Jacobs discusses how modern audiences relate to the manners and morals portrayed in Jane Austen films. (16 minutes)
Cultivating the Virtue of Reverence

Cultivating the Virtue of Reverence

Paul Woodruff (1943–2023) discusses the importance of reverence as a virtue that enriches relationships, elevates civic life, and helps leaders to wield power wisely. (53 minutes)
Etiquette and ethics

Etiquette and ethics

In this essay, Judith Martin (a.k.a. Miss Manners) argues that etiquette is “civilization’s first necessity” and an indispensable societal virtue. (21 minutes)
Courtesy as a theological issue

Courtesy as a theological issue

FROM VOL. 37
Donald McCullough discusses his insights into the increasingly coarse nature of society and the theological foundations for courtesy. (12 minutes)