| Being a good person isn't necessarily all about your behavior. I mean, a person could give all of his belongings to someone in need but still be quite a bad person inside. So I'd say being a good person depends more on ones innate personality rather than behavior. But what exact trait do you think is necessary to make someone a truly good person? And why? I'd say it's innocence. Like, pure childlike innocence. I mean, the only people you can be sure aren't bad people are children. And what do children have older people don't? Innocence, of course. But I'm not quite sure what exactly about innocence makes someone good. Maybe its because the don't see the world as a bad, dog-eat-dog/survival-of-the-fittest type of place. What do you think? |
| Uh... empathy? |
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| What does it mean to be a good person? |
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Enharmonic said: Uh... empathy? Please elaborate. Litrydow said: What does it mean to be a good person? Whatever you think it means. That's kind of the point of the question, actually. |
_necrophobia said: And that is exactly why I don't consider innocence to be an appropriate trait, because innocence implies a lack of knowledge and horizons.I'd say it's innocence. Like, pure childlike innocence. I mean, the only people you can be sure aren't bad people are children. And what do children have older people don't? Innocence, of course. But I'm not quite sure what exactly about innocence makes someone good. Maybe its because the don't see the world as a bad, dog-eat-dog/survival-of-the-fittest type of place. Kindness is pretty necessary I guess. |
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| They'd have to be a good person overall. One good personality trait doesn't negate the other bad ones. Innocence isn't always good either. You're just equating innocence to ignorance since kids don't know how 'bad' the world is. If anything, your personality should be one that is focused on adaptability rather than sticking with what you are comfortable with. |
| Being me. |
| Being staunch about Justice. A good person can be good, but he can't always be 'right'. |
[i]"Yet each man kills the thing he loves, [/i]By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!'' ~Oscar |
| I think the most important trait would be some level of selfishness and understanding |
NorthBayAnime said: total bull...Being smart |
| Having patience for other people seems like a good trait, I guess... |
| Patience. |
| Kindness |
razor39999 said: Personality traits are a lot more easily operationalized constructs, than something vague like "good" or "bad". Frankly I'd rather you give me a very detailed explanation of what you consider good before applying any personality traits to it. The question is about what the answerer thinks is good, not about what I thinks is good. Its why i asked, really. To see what people see as good. But I guess I was nt clear enough. Daconator said: _necrophobia said: I'd say it's innocence. Like, pure childlike innocence. I mean, the only people you can be sure aren't bad people are children. What? You do sound innocent. What do you mean by that? Are you implying that I'm ignorant? I'd rather be ignorant an innocent than know everything and feel shitty because everything sucks, personally. |
| Being blunt. People who beat around the bush kind erk me. |
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Daconator said: _necrophobia said: I'd rather be ignorant an innocent than know everything and feel shitty because everything sucks, personally. Me too. Alright then. Dojourei said: Being blunt. People who beat around the bush kind erk me. It is better to be hurt by the truth than feel good by a lie, isn't it? |
_necrophobia said: Dojourei said: Being blunt. People who beat around the bush kind erk me. It is better to be hurt by the truth than feel good by a lie, isn't it? Yea, plus most of the time I can tell they are hiding something which annoys me more. |
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| I think everyone has good in them, it's just sometimes harder to find. I can't remember where I read it, but there was this interesting article recently that pretty much pretty much said that innocence did not equal good, using the typical shonen heroes as examples. |
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codephat said: I think everyone has good in them, it's just sometimes harder to find. I can't remember where I read it, but there was this interesting article recently that pretty much pretty much said that innocence did not equal good, using the typical shonen heroes as examples. Hmm. I guess innocence itself isn't really what can make someone good. But it's just something children, who don't know enough to be bad for the most part, all have in common. So thats why I answered that. I dunno, there's just something special about innocence. But innocence comes with ignorance, so its kind of a bittersweet situation depending on one's personal values and ideals. |
| People who do good things even if they had ulterior motives is still better than people that only says good things. |
| The most important things in life is the people that you care about |
| The ability to lie to people and to yourself. |
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v8 said: honesty |
azzuRe said: People who do good things even if they had ulterior motives is still better than people that only says good things. In that case they aren't innately good people or good people in terms of personality. Only in terms of behavior. Behavior on its own can't make someone good. |
| For starters, they can't have a MAL account. |
| Just need to find out how to quote this every time so I can dodge the stupid 30-character limit. |
_necrophobia said: I'd say it's innocence. Like, pure childlike innocence. I mean, the only people you can be sure aren't bad people are children. And what do children have older people don't? Innocence, of course. But I'm not quite sure what exactly about innocence makes someone good. Maybe its because the don't see the world as a bad, dog-eat-dog/survival-of-the-fittest type of place. Children can be cruel as hell and it's more prevalent in societies in which there is a lot of conformity. |
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_necrophobia said: azzuRe said: People who do good things even if they had ulterior motives is still better than people that only says good things. In that case they aren't innately good people or good people in terms of personality. Only in terms of behavior. Behavior on its own can't make someone good. 'Good' personality doesn't make someone a good person. |
| The most important things in life is the people that you care about |
Danish_ said: v8 said: honesty |
| Honesty I think, you can act nice all you want but I appreciate honestly a lot more than anything else. |
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Rarusu_ said: Empathy. If you don't have any kind of empathy, I can't see any hope in you. To be able to put yourself in other shoes, willingness to understand other things than yourself, to see other perspectives, and want improvement out of humanity and its individuals. You are willing to share your time and resources with others. In the end, you want life to be as good as it can for all of us, even if you will fail, that is what you want. I cannot think of anybody who has this trait. |
| Just need to find out how to quote this every time so I can dodge the stupid 30-character limit. |
iSheep said: Rarusu_ said: Empathy. If you don't have any kind of empathy, I can't see any hope in you. To be able to put yourself in other shoes, willingness to understand other things than yourself, to see other perspectives, and want improvement out of humanity and its individuals. You are willing to share your time and resources with others. In the end, you want life to be as good as it can for all of us, even if you will fail, that is what you want. I cannot think of anybody who has this trait. Me neither. |
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| Tolerance? |
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| There is no such thing as innocence. Only degrees of guilt. Also Children are free of sin and not a danger what-so-ever.   |
| I would say forgiveness, you may be very empathetic and able to understand why someone did something, but if you can't ease your own emotions of anger or resentment it won't do much. What do you define a good person as OP, by their actions or intentions? |
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| Inherent goodness, eh? It's all subjective but if I had any say it would be common decency. |
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| I can't imagine someone being good without having empathy. Second post is good. |
| Being a good person is just about having an active desire to improve the lives of other people around you. I think it is unfair to say that a person needs empathy in order to have this desire. saying 'empathy' makes the following true: 'those with autism struggle to be a good people' |
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| Define good. |
| "Let Justice Be Done!" My Theme Fight again, fight again for justice! |
RedRoseFring said: Not bad.Define good. |
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RedArmyShogun said: There is no such thing as innocence. Only degrees of guilt. Also Children are free of sin and not a danger what-so-ever.  |
| having common sense, even if you aren't smart if you have logical thinking you'll at least make sense and become cooperative and you wont be as arrogant and narrow-minded as the majority of people is (due to their lack of "common" sense) its much easier to do anything with people like that who dont come and are like "YOU RE WRONG IM RIGHT SHUROROROROROROROOROROR" and then they are adamant about it without presenting any real argument or evidence and the most they say is "im right" or "the majority of people is " can we pick more than one or what? i want to say that stuff like kindness is total bullshit if the person is batshit insane, which is often the case, some people think they are kind for actively doing something good while passively/subconsciously they do 30 bad things due to their inconsideration which causes suffer to people |
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| Humility. |
| The ability to let that which does not matter, truly slide |
| WEABOO SCIENTIST |
| Being a fan of Messi. |
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| One single trait isn't enough to categorize one as either good or bad because you inherently have multiple traits. One trait won't define someone. And if you think children are pure, you're in for a bad ride. |
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