What Makes A Person Good?

[rpgdemon]

Originally Posted by BahamutFlare

First about the coliseum, that was the past, and I tend to focus solely on the present. Therefore, I don't think about that.

Seil, you bring up a good question. My initial instinct is to say that animals can be good. But usually don't have the intelligence to pursue it for everyone. Rather animals go for survival first, then being good. When they are good, they are usually only good for their territory and family, which in some cases can be seen as survival. Without being an animal, it's hard to say if they do some actions to be good, or to survive.

Good and evil are always relative though. Some would say killing is good. Others say it's evil. The reasons usually have to be as pure as possible I guess to be considered good too. (Trying to put it on a black and white scale). I'm actually having a discussion with RL friends about this 3 days ago, so I'll try to get multiple opinions as sources and make judgments based on all the information I can muster.

A philanthropist comedian who also has a single person locked in his basement who he's raping.

I'm normally a fan of simple answers, but I don't think you have the right simple answer.

[BahamutFlare]

Originally Posted by rpgdemon

A philanthropist comedian who also has a single person locked in his basement who he's raping.

I'm normally a fan of simple answers, but I don't think you have the right simple answer.

It's all relative. It's kinda hard to do a 100% good and 100% evil. Because some evil acts like murder can be good. And some good acts like diplomacy can be used for evil. It's like every single thing in life has an equal chance of being both good and evil. Just like every person can be good or evil. You'd have to strip off every layer and break down every argument and thing to it's smallest bits. And analyze them one by one.

Therefore, I made a bad argument for what is good based on smiles of others. I tried to shift away from the acts themselves and focus on how others see the acts. Therefore, if everyone in the world sees your acts and smiles are what is produced, I'd say that is good.

As of right now, all of our definitions are relative. My definition makes it subjective rather. Sometimes, it's better to go out in left field to argue rather then stick with the basics?

[Magus]

Originally Posted by rpgdemon

A philanthropist comedian who also has a single person locked in his basement who he's raping.

I'm normally a fan of simple answers, but I don't think you have the right simple answer.

Eh, I think that would put you at Chaotic Neutral, probably. Like there are clearly goals involved here, possibly political, obviously sexual, not just feeding the planet to demons from the netherworld.