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What makes you a good/bad person?

posted by sidewalker_Principle on AskPhuks

Specifically what do you think it is about you that qualifies you as either good or bad?

For me, I think I'm a good person because I'm an empath. I feel intense emotions in other people's perspectives and I feel that helps me to understand people better. Therefore most of the time I will position in my mind how my actions/words would be best said so as to minimize negativity. I don't actively seek to harm others and I don't consider myself to be better than anybody else.

I take that back, I do think there are people I am better than, but nothing to do with race or sex. Simply because me not wanting to hurt others makes me better than those that do.

On the flip side, I think I'm a bad person because if you've fallen off my empathy radar than I will never give a fuck about you again. Its harsh, and I can't help it, but if something happens to make me stop feeling emotions in your point of view then I can be devastatingly nonchalant as to what happens to you.

Specifically what do you think it is about you that qualifies you as either good or bad? For me, I think I'm a good person because I'm an empath. I feel intense emotions in other people's perspectives and I feel that helps me to understand people better. Therefore most of the time I will position in my mind how my actions/words would be best said so as to minimize negativity. I don't actively seek to harm others and I don't consider myself to be better than anybody else. I take that back, I do think there are people I am better than, but nothing to do with race or sex. Simply because me not wanting to hurt others makes me better than those that do. On the flip side, I think I'm a bad person because if you've fallen off my empathy radar than I will never give a fuck about you again. Its harsh, and I can't help it, but if something happens to make me stop feeling emotions in your point of view then I can be devastatingly nonchalant as to what happens to you.

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[–] Sarcastaway 0 points (+0|-0)

Even though I fully believe in a definitive right and wrong, and strive to be good, I don't waste the energy assigning labels. I just feel either satisfaction for doing good, or guilt for doing evil. It ends there.

I am not my deeds, nor my intentions, I am the net result of my actions. This can not be summed up in a word, nor on a single scale.

[–] sidewalker_Principle [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

I am not my deeds, nor my intentions, I am the net result of my actions.

Very well spoken. I'm taking this line, giving you credit.

So would you say the net result is the equivalent of karma?

[–] Sarcastaway 1 points (+1|-0)

I think I've done more good than bad in this world, but my philosophy is that we can never really know. Our actions outlive us.

Karma is a better interpretation than just summarizing something as good or bad, but even that still simplifies things. I think we just "are." Sure, you could (in theory) rank each person on a list of baddest to nicest based on your personal definitions, but what would that really do for us? Just give us someone to feel superior (or inferior) to, I suspect.