A cultured person, a well-mannered person, a civilized person, an intelligent person - they appeal about such epithets when they want to characterize someone who behaves almost perfectly in society from the point of view of generally accepted morality.
When they define a “cultured person”, they first of all mean the following: does a person follow the rules and generally accepted models of norms of behavior in society - a sort of philistine code of honor. In principle, this "obligation" of the "cultured man" for society ends.
Cultural Man as a Social Object
It is important for society that human behavior be determined by the framework of decency and law. The society, in principle, is ready to agree that, alone with himself or with his family, a person can be anything, but, going out the door of his home, a cultural person should have a toggle switch to turn on norms and self-control.
That is, in the philistine consciousness, the concept of a cultured person is a well-educated person who observes rituals and etiquette: "with outsiders, " "in public, " "in society." If a person who owns all forms of etiquette also has a higher education, then, as a rule, such a person rises in social status from the level of just a cultured person to the level of an “intelligent person”.
The behavior of a person "outside the door" is not taken into account in this case. “Behind the door” you can burp and poke your nose, scream and harass the household or anonymously evil troll on the Internet, albeit not for money, but only at the call of a “rushing soul”. But if such an individual gives way to an old woman in transport or holds the elevator door for a neighbor, then everything is guaranteed to him the status of a cultural person.
