What is the nature of good?

What makes a good person?

A person will prove themselves as "good" through their actions. Knowing what is right and wrong, and having a strong sense of morality. The individual won't intentionally hurt and tear someone apart emotionally or physically to make themselves look better or for fun. A "good" person does not have to be 100% saint and hurt some one's feelings by being too truthful. For example, telling someone that their friend had made some harsh comments about them. Although, telling the truth is good, it is actually hurtful when you go around telling people what other people said about them. It is probably better for the people who made the comments, to tell the person themselves, in a respectful way. One other case is when a wife asks her husband, "did you cheat on me?" The husband replies, "no, i didn't" The husband was telling the truth and had never cheated, however a couple weeks later he goes to a bar. At the bar is a beautiful woman, and they both start talking to each other and flirting. His wife's friend happens to also be at the bar and later tells his wife that he was talking and laughing with another lady. In the wife's mind, this is cheating and in truth he never had any physical relations with her, besides just flirting. So in the wife's eyes she sees something else in comparison to what he saw. All of this because, a friend went out of her way and told his wife that she saw him talking to another woman. So in other words, the husband was telling the half truth but it wasn't the full story, the wife would see.

A "good" person would also live by a certain number of principles or rules individually speaking. They may be selective in what they say to certain people, or understand where different people are coming from, in terms of personality or attitude. They can interact and choose different ways of communication with different people. You may want to talk to a boisterous person differently than, a person who is more shy or soft spoken. All this relates, to consideration of another person's feelings and some sort of respect. In terms of respect, a "good" person will treat people impartially, and get along with many people through respect. This doesn't mean the person has to do certain evil things to get respect, but the way they treat others will determine how others feel about them. So that way, many people will have great things to say about you and for the great attitude you have. It is clear some people may not like a "good" person, no matter how "good" they are. However, the person with the greater good will step up and not be the same like a person who treats them badly. They will not stoop down to their level, in order to prove a point but they will stand out in character.

Consistency is also important, because they can do a variety of good things and be involved with positive activities. However, they can still be doing evil things as a double life. A "good" person would be consistent with what they stand for and wouldn't do half one thing and half another. It's like having a leader of a nation which steals money but tells other people not to steal. This would be hypocritical, so consistency is important because someone may be looking up to them as a "good" person and they need to set the right example.