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In trying to wrap your mind around the notion of etiquette, you need to be able to distinguish between ethics and etiquette. You may have heard both terms used interchangeably when people talk about online behavior. If you think they’re the same, lose that thought like you lose the TV remote.

The term etiquette is the code, at times unspoken, that indicates the polite way to behave in a society. Ethics is a set of moral principles that tells you what’s good and what’s bad. In a movie, you may have seen a character who you know is a bad guy but who acts politely toward everyone in the film; the perfect manners don’t fool you, because you know that the bad guy is still a villain who is naturally immoral.

Some behaviors also fall under the definition of bad ethics, which may help explain why people confuse the terms. For example, someone who lies and cheats to get what they want, no matter whether it happens in person or online, displays behavior that belies a deeper problem — we’re talking about someone who cannot think ethically.

If you want to read more about the differences between ethics and etiquette, the Pediaa site has a good overview at https://pediaa.com/difference-between-ethics-and-etiquette.