What is the nature of good?

Many people have often said that good is “anything that helps others or yourself.” However to clarify things Good must be given from the bottom of the heart and only things that are given with good intentions should be considered good. Good is nothing more than a “pleasant feeling we give ourselves as a gift for fulfilling our personal preferences.” How many of us feel great when we act morally and help a person in need? Almost all of us get a sense of excitement and content about the fact that we had helped someone who needed help. Most people would agree that the nature of good is to act morally and selflessly by not doing good in order to get something in return.

The nature of good comes from within the heart and should be given out of the free will of people. For an example if you see a notice that a kid in the neighborhood had been kidnapped, people should not go help to look for the kid based on the reward after, but they should help the family without expecting something in return. The chances of getting a reward aren’t that great, but the family should be helped anyways for the vain that they will be going through without their child. A person of moral values who always puts other people before themselves in serious situations, would be defined as a good person. This goodwill should always come out of the free will of their hearts and when people do this they get a sense of accomplishment and happiness that they have done something “good.”

However this belief in the nature of good is subjective based on religion and the environment that people have grew up in. Many have different views on what is good and although there is a universal truth to good that everyone understands; that is living life to the fullest and following a set of moral values that benefit themselves and society. Most importantly bad intentions behind a good action certainly does have an impact on the nature of good; this automatically counteracts the good and makes it evil. On the other hand many believe something is good if it is mentioned in their religion, but I belief the nature of good is to act morally and selflessly by not expecting something in return.