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Where Did Manners Come From' Different people have different opinions on what moral behavior is. Yet, in modern western civilization, there seems to be a general unspoken consensus of what is or is not acceptable behavior. One of the foundations of what we consider moral (or correct) behavior is evident in monasticism. The simplest mannerisms and traditions that are imbedded in our views of life today stem from Saint Benedicts outline on how a monastic live should be lived: The Rule of Saint Benedict. Saint Benedict gives us guiding principles in how to behave, how to treat a community and how to reprimand misbehavior, the same as our teachers and parents taught us. Our individual behavior in day-to-day life is heavily influenced from the lessons passed down from the monks through the generations Saint Benedict writes extensively on a monk’s behavior as an individual. He writes examples when while eating and when another monk is ill. In the kitchen Saint Benedict states: “The brothers should wait on one another...” The same politeness is found in dining rooms around the world today. Waiters do not take a table’s order until the entire table is ready. Usually, table’s food is served at the same time and it is saint, benedict, one, should, family, today, monk, modern, kitchen, community, behavior, student, read, punishment, monks, individual, good, writes, western, time, sick, same, monasticism, model, ill, ideals, found, children, chapter, after, treat, together, teacher, taught, table