What is the nature of good?

Many people probably have their own definition on the nature of good; but most people would most likely agree that the nature of good is acting selflessly and not doing good just to receive something in return. Also not just doing “good” because you think it’s your duty or because you have to, but because you want to out of your own free will.

The nature of good is not doing good just to receive something in return because that is just being greedy and selfish which is pretty much the nature of evil in most cases. For example if you see an add in the newspaper that some big time billionaires dog has been missing for weeks, you don’t just go spending 5 days straight to locate this dog just to return it to ask the billionaire what reward you would be getting. The odds are you usually just get thanks and that owner will be greatly appreciated and that should be a good enough reward. Another example is not just doing the right thing because you feel you have to or else you will get in trouble, you should want to do the right thing because it is ethical, justified and fair, and it should make you feel good inside. People that put others before they even in the most serious of situations would be considered “good” Those are the best people in the world; the people that put others before themselves always, no matter what. For example if you had to make a decision in an airplane where there was one parachute and there are two people left in the plane. A good person would offer it to the other person over themselves. That may be a little extreme, but that would define a “good” person.

Overall the nature of good is solely subjective, and people have different opinions on what they believe is the nature of good. For example one may say that as long as “good” is done even if one doesn’t have pure intentions behind their actions then that person is still considered “good.” On the other hand another person may say that if their intentions aren’t pure then no matter how much good they do even if they find the cure for cancer that person’s nature is still “evil.”