Soldato
That OriginalJonty, could be it in a nutshell, being good that is; to the point of self sacrifice, where you would be very good then?
Does doing good things make you a good person?
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Like suicide bombing?
Soldato
Good or bad depends on perspective but if you genuinely think you're doing a good selfish act then at heart you're doing good. The only person who's knows if you're truly a good person is your self.
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I'd say it's a part of it, but I wouldn't say without good manners/being polite you couldn't be a good person. What about House MD?
Interesting question. While he does a lot of good saving people's lives I don't think House is a good person, of course he's a very complicated character but the good work that he does is usually out of his own selfish need to solve puzzles. Very rarely does he do anything because he thinks it is the right thing to do. He always sees the worst in people and doesn't often reciprocate the care shown to him by his friends. All in all, Dr House is a figure of pity than a role-model for doing good I'd say.
Having said that, I would say that good manners/being polite are largely irrelevant to the question of whether or not you are a good person or not. Indeed, the concept of manners and politeness we have today were shaped by the European aristocracy, who generally speaking, were a pretty awful bunch responsible for some terrible crimes against humanity.
Depends how you determined someone is a good person.
If you abide by social ethics then you are indeed a 'good person' in any right, but that's not how society see's this. To be a truly good person you need to abide by all and any moral aspects from all people to be a 'good person' in anyone's eyes.
For example some cultures may maintain the morality that if you are the one to slaughter the cow, you are a good person; to others that will make you a bad person.
But if you are asking 'do you think you're a good person, to yourself' then everyone surely will say yes (that is if they are living by their own morales (which I would think everyone does)) but that doesn't mean they are 'good' as they may even be breaking social ethics. A murderer may be living by their morals which tell them never to get caught but then breaking the social ethics of not murdering; but in their mind, they're a good person (I'm talking about serial killers, etc).
That's my view on this non-existing group of people called a 'good' person; no one is good.....100%..
/Johnathan
If you abide by social ethics then you are indeed a 'good person' in any right, but that's not how society see's this. To be a truly good person you need to abide by all and any moral aspects from all people to be a 'good person' in anyone's eyes.
For example some cultures may maintain the morality that if you are the one to slaughter the cow, you are a good person; to others that will make you a bad person.
But if you are asking 'do you think you're a good person, to yourself' then everyone surely will say yes (that is if they are living by their own morales (which I would think everyone does)) but that doesn't mean they are 'good' as they may even be breaking social ethics. A murderer may be living by their morals which tell them never to get caught but then breaking the social ethics of not murdering; but in their mind, they're a good person (I'm talking about serial killers, etc).
That's my view on this non-existing group of people called a 'good' person; no one is good.....100%..
/Johnathan