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Originally Posted by livius drusus
That I personally find him churlish is not a moral judgement, anymore than, say, my thinking someone is being dense or rude or silly are moral judgement.
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Edmund Burke once said manners are "harbingers of morals writ large". So I (at least) think finding someone rude is a moral judgment (although a relatively minor one). Unintentional rudeness seems less culpable than intentional rudeness, although Oscar Wilde said, "A gentleman never offends unintentionally." I suppose not all actions that give offense are "rude", though.
Many of the words used to describe manners (just as an aside, and including "gentleman" and "churl") are derived from descriptions of social class.