Do you think you are a good person?

Good person? Not sure. Overall I think I'm a decent enough person who tries his best to become better. I donate blood/plasma (I'm an organ donor too but if anybody wants those they might have to wait a while), work in charity institutions with children and elderly (used to work with homeless people as well back in Portugal but thankfully there's no need for that over here), work both as a physical therapist and rehabilitation specialist, have my own business so when people can't afford to pay me I work pro bono, back in Portugal I would regularly visit elderly people in their homes to keep them company (here not so often, due to my Dutch still not being great so after a certain age people lose the patience to wait for me to find the right words =P) and I try to help as many people as I can.

I try to be polite and respectful both in person and online and I like to think that when I socialise with someone I can either leave them feeling a little more cheery or at least not worse than when I started talking to them.

Can I be a pissed off, sarcastic asshole at times? More than I'd like to but I'm trying to work on it...

We know. *Pats your head*

@Iszdope: I've got some left over watermelon...would you like some?

Snark aside, I do feel like I'm a good person and a good parent at the same time. I'm also a Gentleman to the ladies, (it's my character and who I am) I can be nice to GS users, (to some degree) and most importantly, I get along with people and treat with respect so yes, I'm a good man.

Not sure, I do have some very good sides of me, but I also have some quite bad.

I consider myself fairly helpful, trying the best I can to help people around me.

I tend to give Money to the poor when I come across one.

I never judge a person by looks and quirks, soley by the actions they make.

I try to squeeze in as much time to do charity Work (although I dispise the term).

I try not to overconsume, rarely buying more then I need, nor Waste resources on Things that are pointless to me.

I am slow to anger.

On the flip side:

I have very Little patience with people trying to convince me to change religion, religion should be a personal thing, not something you try to push on others, and not something that needs an institution.

I get worn out fast, so while I do try to help alot, I often go hit the wall after a handful of hours, so I can not helt that many hours a day with something, which makes me think that I might end up causing problems.

I have a great dislike for anyone picking political lines soley for personal gains without looking at society as a Whole.

I am overly analytical, and have very Little emotional Investment with other people.

my Electric bill tends to be rather high.

I consider people driven by thier emotions inresponsible and borderline stupid.

If you manage to anger me then it does tend to go fairly badly (not the violent kind, I simply can not afford enough time to Waste on someone who manages to anger me).

I think I'm a pretty decent person... and generally treat people the way I want to be treated. I'm pretty generous (I donate to a couple of charities monthly etc).

But if you treat me or the people I care about like sh**, I generally will do the same back.

Nope. I'm an a-hole when pissed.

I'm certainly no saint. But, the wife and others think I am compared to the low-lifes some of her friends had hitched up with. While we were away, a couple of them got divorced and another's marriage is on the rocks.

I'm a saint on the outside but to a lesser degree inside.

i am what i am

honestly i don't care

I am a sociopath and don't much care anyway

Sure

Yeah I'm pretty good I think.

I'm a mediocre person. I never go out of my way to be a dick to people (actually, I try to avoid being a dick wherever possible) but I also don't do very much for others a lot of the time.

I'm pretty self-centered and will rarely do something for someone without thinking about what's in it for me.

Not exactly Hitler.

I think I am a good person with a good heart...

Sarcasm

Yes.

I treat people how I expect to be treated in return.

I don't believe in "good" or "bad". Acts of kindness don't go without reward of their own so I don't necessarily consider someone who does nice things as a good person. Even sociopaths know it's in their best interest to be kind, particularly when other people see it. I don't like to screw over people who don't deserve it, but that's as far as I'll describe the current state of my character.

I like to put people in their place and start arguments, but only if I feel like I'm doing it to everyone's benefit and not just being a dick for the sake. For example, one time my boss was writing a hyperbolic complaint on our job's social media website about how employees were making themselves pizzas that weren't on the menu, mostly because it's not "authentic Italian neapolitan", and I basically made him out to be an idiot as a comment on his post. Then all the employees piggybacked my comment and further retaliated against his complaint. The owner didn't even reply or acknowledge what happened, and if anything, seemed to respect me for calling him out. Basically, if I see someone being an ass, I will certainly be an ass back to that person.

I'll admit though, there was a time in my life I really enjoyed picking on people. Often while driving by fat kids I'd roll down my window and give them incentive to lose weight, or occasionally I'd tell bikers to **** off my road and laugh as they try to peddle fast enough to catch my car. I've also thrown diarrhea-smelling stink bombs at people driving by. Probably enough times to guarantee me a spot in the fiery pits of Hell.

I think I'm alright.

I honestly don't know. I'm not a bad person that much I can assert so if people leave me be in any settings I will definitely reciprocate. I would never initiate an act of viciousness or injustice against anyone and if anyone attempts to compel me to partake in one I go to such extremes trying to abstain largely because I neither approve of it nor do I believe it to be in my best interest; I'd rather have them incur the penalty and be burdened by it. I love what is good and orderly but I have zero confidence in people's ability to commit themselves to such fine things or appreciate them properly in the first place. I believe in the depravity of the multitude and their lowliness, alongside their incapacity for virtue and anything honorable. Based on this belief system I'm suspicious of everyone around me wherever I go and I arrange my affairs based on the urge to protect myself from many a pathogen surrounding me.

Consequently, I guess you can say I'm a good person in a bad place.

Well that depends on what we mean by "good".

I don't donate anything, and I do (within reason) often put my needs ahead of others.

But on the other hand, I believe in giving all people the minimum amount of respect (unless they give me a really good reason not to) and have been told by some I have a pretty big heart.

I dunno. I'm generally happy to just leave it as treating others how you'd want to be treated.

People usually think or say that I am a good person. But I don't feel like one.

Good but not exactly the nicest person around.

hahaha , well you cannot judge yourself , but i think everyone got good / bad side , you can embrace something on behave of something else .

well I suppose as my friends descries me ; I m incredibly naive , I have something called cant say no to anyone .... but smart , object oriented person , i got a kind heart .

my professors in my university gave me big push that i got big potential if i want to embrace it XD .

my ex-girl friend me called me Geek with good heart , but i have to do more social life and leave my virtual life that i m living in XD :P

ya i forgot to mention this " ppl kinda hate that i like being sarcastic " ... but i cant help it ..

But you seem honest, so they basically cancel each other out.. right?

I try to be. That's all I can say. I don't think people judge themselves particularly well TBH. A lot of people are either super oblivious to their own flaws or judge themselves way too harshly (I often fall in the latter category).

I am just an ordinary person. Morality is a social construct.

Depends on my mood, I can go from nice to being a douche at any given time.

I like to think I'm a pretty good person. Not a saint, but I will help out anyone who needs it.

No, I'm an awful person in every way.

I never killed nobody, so. Yes, I'm a good person.. Nice, I don't know.

@dark_drag765: Exactly. What is moral now may not be considered moral a hundred years later. There's no definitive judge of what is good and what is bad to be honest. As for me, my morals are defined entirely by my religion so yeah obviously there are gonna be some disagreements as time goes on. Who knows what else people consider unacceptable or acceptable in the future.

I think I'm fairly good. I strive to protect those who can't protect themselves. I donate my time and my money for causes I believe in. I treat people exactly how they deserve to be treated.

I'm not afraid to put people in their places, however, if I feel I'm just.

Jesus said, "Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God."

With respect to the Scriptures, I would not call myself good. At the same time, there is quite a bit of the Scriptures that I have questions about, that included. Based on what I know of society and philosophy, I would probably be considered a good person by most seeking to reciprocate morality, but it is a long, slow discussion and I am new to this subject, so I am not yet at a point where I can speak in great detail about such a thing.

Sociopath and proud of it!

I try my best to be a nice person but if someone treats me like shit then i'll treat them like shit.

and social constructs do not apply to you

i'd love to see how you navigate your way through everyday life lol

@BiancaDK: He just doesn't want to define himself as good or bad based on society's understanding of that concept. I think that's a very logical way to look at things.

I think that there is a standard of good and that we all fall short of that. Just like it takes a little dirt to dilute perfectly clean water so a little wrong doing objectively robs us of the right to truly call ourselves good.

Depends on the person, I can be a total dick, but that's only if they get on my nerves. On the whole I never have bad intentions and consider myself quite empathetic.

I'm also quite the pedant, which makes some people see me as being an asshole at times, but I make an effort to only be so pedantic with people who know me well and already consider me a good person.

if he doesn't want to define himself as neither good nor bad, why does he enter a thread asking for one to define oneself as either good or bad - only to let us know that he won't define himself

seems silly, no?

a bit like me making a thread about what car do you drive, and you then entering only to proclaim you do not condone the use of any car, basically a real "cool story bro" moment