A Good Person Is A Social Person

[vibv]

5 minutes ago, Cred said:

How did you come to that conclusion?

Look where we are now.

[Joseph Maynor]

This is kind of an unusual insight and a half-truth but a good person generally puts people and other beings at ease and causes others to identify with the peaceful/non-threatening side of life, the opposite of defensive relation.  

[Leo Gura]

@Joseph Maynor Just don't forgot lots of good people get killed.

[VioletFlame]

7 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

If everyone sat alone in a room all day, half the world's problems would be solved overnight.

Haha

@Leo Gura Yes, self-inquiry and deep contemplation are the antidotes for not only understanding ourselves, but everyone else, as well.

Though it can be perceived as inertia, sitting alone in a room all day is actually one of the most productive & constructive decisions any human being can make. Quite life-changing & profound, actually.

7 hours ago, Butters said:

Like helping someone in need, even when it doesn't benefit you at all. But the only way to do that is by having social interaction. 

So, a good person is of course a social person. You can't tell me that you sit inside all day and are somehow a good person. 

It's not that black and white. You can do a "good deed" without saying a single word, and that's pure selflessness and humility. Also, I have met plenty of "social", extroverted people who disguise themselves as "good people", when in all realness, they can be the least honest, least virtuous, least trustworthy, least respectful, civil people out there. It's all a facade.

Edited 2 hours ago by VioletFlame

[Carl-Richard]

4 hours ago, Joseph Maynor said:

This is kind of an unusual insight and a half-truth but a good person generally puts people and other beings at ease and causes others to identify with the peaceful/non-threatening side of life, the opposite of defensive relation.  

Or protects against people who do harm by perhaps being an asshole.

[Joseph Maynor]

44 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

Or protects against people who do harm by perhaps being an asshole.

Fair point.  I meant the general moral orientation, not excluding protective force when harm is present.

[Leo Gura]

Good is doing what is in the best interest of the other.