What is "good" ? What makes good, good?
By soadnot
@soadnot (1606)
Canada
4 responses
@sigma77 (5383)
• United States
6 Jan 08
Good point. We have to know bad to understand good. I think we can never have too much good. Sometimes, there is good even in what appears to be bad. Then sometimes, they both are relative. What might be good or bad for one, may not be so for another.
@amitksing (1323)
• India
6 Jan 08
As per me, "good" is something that pleases our soul! So, with this definition, I think "good" still will be good even without a lower state. In such a case, our souls will be intoxicated and hence all will be good only! We wont ever come to know about anything that like lower state!
If things are always good, yes, "good" still will be good! But in that case, our life wont be good. Life is a journey that is enjoyed only when it faces ups and downs. So, if all is good then there wont be anything good left in life!
@ironwindow445 (214)
• India
6 Jan 08
I recently read this aricle on good and it says good is relative and is totally perspectivve.It varies from person to person.And with the difference in perspective,the definition of good changes and with it bad also.
As you see in films,villians do what they seem to see as good for them and they dont care about the others.
Much depends on the person and as for your question,good can get really good depending on how you see it and good has space to improve
@Adoniah (7513)
• United States
6 Jan 08
Good has not always been Good and Bad has not always been Bad. The norms of the day decide what is good and bad and they change from time to time. They seem to be changing faster now than they used to due to technology and widespread communication.
There was a time when it was unthinkable for a girl to even look at a boy much less speak to him unless they were properly introduced and properly chaperoned.(remember I am talking as an American) Now anything goes. If a girl got pregnant before marriage, her life was practically over. Now they get pregnant on purpose and do not want a husband.
Divorce was considered bad and remarriage was not allowed. Now both are everyday things and perfectly ok for most people.
At one time, the catholic church allowed abortion up until the baby "quickened". It was not considered "bad" to abort the baby before then because the soul was not there yet. Now for some reason they have changed their collective minds and it is wrong to abort any fetus even to prevent its conception at all with the pill.
So if things were always good, they might not still be good. Because both good and bad can change with the times.
Shalom~Adoniah