We’ve all done things that we’re not proud of, but what classifies someone as a bad person? Do people make judgements based on looks on whether someone is a good or bad person?
(Also, does anyone else find the phrase ‘they’re a good person, they’d never do that?’ complete bullshit?)
Yeah it’s false. You really don’t know what someone would do unless you see them do it yourself. Tho, there are good people who probably wouldn’t do said thing.
Anyway to define a good person is hard, and definitely depends on who you asking. Everyone sees people different which is why some people see you as attractive and others probably don’t. To me a good person is someone who could make me laugh and someone I could relate to, someone who isn’t a bully and helps others, but also himself. Someone who doesn’t bring themselves down 24:7 and sees the good in them.
A bad person is one who I probably wouldn’t like, someone who tends to get on my nerves and say things that shouldn’t be said. A.K.A my skin color or my face, calling me the N word and overall just being completely annoying. Someone who always wants to cheat off you and doesn’t take life as it is, someone who brags about being rich. Stuff like that ticks me off, and it could be different for everyone.
I think that whilst you are doing something good you are a good person, and if you do something really bad then in that moment you are a bad person, but in between is meh
Doing something wrong while knowing that it’s wrong and that it could harm others. Trying to spread negativity and hate everywhere. Being manipulative. Making fun of or discriminating others.
No one would like to admit that, but yes, every person judges on looks if they don’t know anything else about a person…
Oui, you’d be surprised by what some “good” people successfully get away with because no one thinks that they’d do something like that
I think that if you’re constantly trying to do the right thing, even if you make mistakes you’re a good person. Like if you argued with someone and then realized what was wrong and solved the situation. Even if they’ve done something bad, as long as they try to amend the situation then I’d say that they are a good person.
I don’t think “good people” exist. People aren’t perfect, they make mistakes. In my opinion, a “bad person” is someone who’s often cruel to others, and has no respect for anyone else in the world. And people who discriminate others. I try my best not to judge by looks, but people do. And yes, the phrase “they’re a good person, they’d never do that,” is bullshit.
I think as soon as we look at someone we judge them. Our eyes look to see what’s wrong and how they our different than us, and I also think everyone does it. Even if you blind you judge someone off the way they talked and sound, and there’s nothing wrong with judging someone unless you talk behind them or say that mean stuff to there face. Chances are you get judge everyday, probably because of your outfit choose, the way you talk, anything, but the good person is the one who doesn’t make fun of you because of that.
Anyway I do believe there’s good people, or people who done more good or bad. Yep what defines a person is what they did in life, and how big the affect was. For instant you could save someone life but kill a cat (if you kill a dog you on the nono list), would that make you bad or good or do they cancel out. You could make fun of someone at school but take care of the house and your family at home, does that make you good or bad?
If you was to cheat on a math test but help your friend on LA homework would you be a good person or bad… I have no clue.
I’d say a bad person is someone who intentionally hurts others and enjoys it. Whether it be hurting someone physically, emotionally, bullying them, mocking them, spreading lies about someone… also those who torture and abuse people and animals.
A good person, in my opinion, is empathetic. They think about how something would make a person feel before saying or doing something. And even if they do hurt someone unintentionally, they can recognize it and apologize. Now, this doesn’t mean that they never do anything wrong, or that they’re never selfish. But they wouldn’t do something just for the sake of seeing someone else suffer, and take pleasure in it.
Everyone probably does it every once and awhile, but often it takes time to realize whether someone is truly a good or bad person.
True. There are many reasons why someone who is considered a good person might do something bad. Maybe because they got sick of being pushed around so much. Maybe they aren’t really a good person to begin with; they only appear to be so when it’s convenient for them. Or maybe they’re generally a good person but act selfishly in certain situations.
I think people by nature are quite grey and it’s your choices that determine whether you are percieved as a bad person or a good person. As somebody who has battled with themselves over whether I am good or bad I just thought it would be easier to say I’m mostly good because I don’t intend to hurt anybody and when I do I regret it a lot. But that doesn’t mean I can’t do bad things.
So in general if you are similar to me in that aspect then I would still see you as good but the people you affect in the bad moments would percieve you as bad. What we should actually do is give the benefit of the doubt more often because we can all be a**holes at times and there are no exceptions to that.
Sometimes people think the sun shines out of somebodie’s but so I fully agree that this statement:
I really am convinced no one is completely good or bad… Everyone makes mistakes, it’s how you deal with them and what your intentions are mainly, even tho having good intentions doesn’t always make the mistake okay.
Nobody is truly a good or bad person, you just make bad or good decisions. Everyone makes mistakes, but like @Jass stated it depends on how you deal with said situation and how you respond. Murdering someone and turning yourself in for it is a good and bad decision. You murdered someone, but you turned yourself in instead of running.
Another thing, the phrase ‘They deserved it.’ You can beat up a kid for making fun of another - in my personal opinion, I’d say this is a bad and good decision the kid had it coming - however, if we are speaking upon ethics there is no but. There is no good in that decision. You assaulted someone, and the reason why they did is not a valid excuse.
‘they’re a good person, they’d never do that?’
You don’t truly know a person. You could be friends with someone for 5 years, that doesn’t mean you know everything about them. As I said before;
I don’t think there ever will be a way to really “classify” or “measure” how bad or good a person is. A bad person doesn’t necessarily have to do “bad things” but if they have bad intentions, is harming others, is destructive and very selfish, I guess they would be more on the bad side?
But what is harming and destructive in some cases might not be it in others. There are some things that clearly are bad while a lot of things depend on the situation.
Do people make judgments based on looks on whether someone is a good or bad person?
I think most people make assumptions based on other people’s looks. But those are first impressions and not really set in stone. I personally don’t make assumption specifically about the good or bad nature of a stranger.
they’re a good person, they’d never do that?’
I get that this can be the reaction when a person does something that seems out of character. But it shouldn’t be used as an argument diminish any action. The “they’re a good person” is a subjective opinion based on what you know about a person.
Something that defines a good person is what they do in time of need.
A good person will always help their friends during need. Someone that steps up and help others. If you have the balls to help your friends you’re a good person even if you did a bunch of crap, helping someone is the best thing you can do.
A good person is someone that helps people, stands up for them, looks out for them and is there with them through the good and bad times.
A bad person is someone who is persuaded by other people or the environment to become mean to people, they’re evil.
I think a good person is someone who is able to look past their own needs. Someone who realizes its not just about one individual and more about a whole. Someone who is able to try and find good in everyone instead of needing proves that they are. A good deed is always welcome, but sometimes just a smile to someone is enough.
My opinion on this hasn’t changed much, but I just wanted to bump it since I don’t think it got enough attention I still that that no one is fully good or bad, but obviously there is a scale in that and there are like certain boundaries people can cross to become a bad person but in my opinion quite a bit has to happen for that…