Are you a good person?

[xSleepy]

I think overall I'm a good person, but I do have my bad moments.

 

[Dreamseller]

In my mind? Yes.
In my actions? Not so much.

Not that I do things I consider wrong, but rather I am too lazy to do things I consider right.

Instead of saying I am a good person, I would say I am a courteous and polite lazy person. :s
Many things I like the idea of doing...just not today.

 

[Sial Axetder]

Am I a good person!? Nope!
I'm ****ing great!

 

[Bronson99]

There are plenty of people having trouble paying the bills each month and part of the problem is arseholes who try to squeeze what they can out of consumers because they think they probably can afford it. Treating customers like this is dishonest, and stating that because others do it worse doesn't make it any less so - oh, I broke in to the car and took the wallet, its not like I stole the car or anything :thumbdown:

The proper way that an honest business would approach this would be to say its a minor repair, but it will cost this much as we have a minimum charge, do you still want us the fix it?, then everything is up front

Let he who is without sin throw the first stone.

 

[ImNotMyIllness]

Regardless of where one is at, I believe it's important to work on being better human being.

 

[kihira]

Let he who is without sin throw the first stone.

*kerclunk*

 

[Kiwong]

I am a flawed human being struggling through.

 

[hidwell]

I'm a troubled person.

 

[PugofCrydee]

And you're complaining that a guy at a repair shop, who probably has trouble paying the bills each month, wants to improve his already meager earnings by just a little?

Bronson99, it's not ok to scam people out of their money. In fact it's a crime.

 

[StandingJelly]

The thing is everyone would like to think of themselves as a good person. Apparently its one of the things to take note of if you want someone to like you.

However, that reminds me, I read an article of a psychology experiment. A group was primed with power and another of none, and all groups were given an option to cheat in a game. It was found that the power group were more likely to do so.

So I wonder if I would be a good person as I am now if I were to ever gain confidence, gain authority or become powerful. And I wonder if I would still think of myself as a good person.

 

[IntheLabyrinth]

The thing is everyone would like to think of themselves as a good person. Apparently its one of the things to take note of if you want someone to like you.

However, that reminds me, I read an article of a psychology experiment. A group was primed with power and another of none, and all groups were given an option to cheat in a game. It was found that the power group were more likely to do so.

So I wonder if I would be a good person as I am now if I were to ever gain confidence, gain authority or become powerful. And I wonder if I would still think of myself as a good person.

Stanford prison experiment... Like that experiment shows, I believe the environment can play a big role whether we're good or bad. I think the majority of people are inherently good though. Through evolution, altruism was far more abundant as it led to better survival, and better chances of reproduction.

 

[MikeyC]

Stanford prison experiment... Like that experiment shows, I believe the environment can play a big role whether we're good or bad.

I didn't even know about this experiment until I started studying psychology. It's amazing how the power of the environment - one that everyone knew was fabricated - can make normal people do insane things. Apparently some of the participants have never recovered from it.

Have you heard of the Milgram experiment? That's a different one but people also have never quite recovered.

In terms of this thread discussion, though, environment certainly plays some role in how people portray themselves.

I think the majority of people are inherently good though.

I agree. :thumbup:

 

[PugofCrydee]

Stanford prison experiment... Like that experiment shows, I believe the environment can play a big role whether we're good or bad. I think the majority of people are inherently good though. Through evolution, altruism was far more abundant as it led to better survival, and better chances of reproduction.

Yea I've read about this and seen a couple of documentaries on it. It's an interesting one.
It showed interesting things in people's natures. I do believe there was one particular thing that was not pointed out clearly enough in the study though.

All people involved in the experiment knew it was just that. Therefore, they knew there where limits on how far things would go. Sort of a 'safety catch' in the back of their minds. So while I agree with the studies findings generally, I don't believe it showed what humans are really like if given total power over someone else.
But really, we don't need studies to show us. Look around world wide, people killing each other.
Always have, always will.
It is part of nature, a horrible part, but a part nonetheless.

 

[drganon]

I'm an okay person I guess. I generally try to be nice and helpful toward others, but on occasion, I have snapped and lashed out at people over fairly benign things. Probably one of my biggest flaws is that I don't have the most patience in the world and it doesn't take a whole lot to really frustrate and anger me at times.