The Relationship between Morality and Etiquette with Emphasis on Islamic Morality and Etiquette

One of the most important normative systems in any society and cultural worlds is social etiquette. The concrete, inter-mental, relative and variable identity and formal functions of etiquette have caused this normative issue to be isolated from the area of research-based studies or to have obscure reference in fiqh, legal and ethical subjects, despite its importance. The questions of its quiddity, necessity, sorts, function, theoretical principles, similarities to and differences from other normative systems, such as morality, fiqh, law, common sense, aesthetic approbations are the main questions, which the different branches of social sciences are expected to take care of according to the interests and orientations of each field. This paper seeks to investigate and analyze the conceptual, theoretical, verbal and functional relationship between morality and social etiquette, which represent two normative systems, by focusing on religious sources and sources of religious knowledge in order to get some tangible results which conform with social demands. U sing an interpretation-based method, this research analyzes the content of the related subjects in religious and scientific texts and sources.