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Post by justink on Mar 15, 2015 8:37:28 GMT
A while ago we discussed about this topic. A person can plan something that is supposed to evoke good results, however the outcome turned out the opposite. So the question is: Is a person still a "good person" if he or she has good intentions regardless of the outcome?
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Post by ameliachen80385 on Mar 15, 2015 9:58:06 GMT
In my opinions,I think the person is still a good person even though the consequence goes to the opposite way and also at least his/her original thought was good intentions. Sometime, we have good intentions but the outcome turned out the opposite.That's not we can control.
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Post by elisalee on Mar 15, 2015 10:00:37 GMT
I think even though a person had a good intention, if the outcome is the opposite of what they thought, then that still makes the person bad. For instance, if a person was going to revenge for someone's death and kills someone, that still does not make a person not guilty.
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Post by lukejoo on Mar 15, 2015 11:41:59 GMT
I think that we have to look at the person's reaction afterwards. Let's say that yeah, he/she had good intentions but the results turned out to be the exact opposite that he/she had wished for. Now, what does that person do next? If the person starts trying to make up for his/her mistake immediately, then I believe we can say that that person is good, at least for that moment. But, if the person just goes over that problem, justifying his/herself saying that "oh, I didn't mean to do that", then he or she is bad.
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Post by dhiya on Mar 15, 2015 13:12:07 GMT
I think what makes someone a 'good' person comes from the inside. So if he means well and good, but what he does may cause something else (bad and unexpected), he is still considered a 'good' person. He may be careless or dumb but he's 'good'.
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Post by sergeyfen on Mar 15, 2015 13:17:41 GMT
I think he is still a good person, just a person having good intentions is already a good thing. Of course, a person might have thought of what could go wrong and it can backfire the good intentions, but still a person put a thought and consideration to do something good and that is that's needed to be a good person.
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Post by jmoon234 on Mar 15, 2015 13:19:16 GMT
There are many people who think that they are doing the right thing, but it ended up being something that brought disaster. I cannot say that person was a good person because if he has the conscious that he or she made a mistake that harms other, then it is something considered to be bad.
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Post by estherchoi on Mar 15, 2015 13:59:03 GMT
Whatever the person did, if it did not turn out well and harmed others, the person needs to be punished of his or her actions. They may repent or get forgiven and become a good person. The important thing is that the person needs to be punished.
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Post by daniel on Mar 15, 2015 14:15:39 GMT
I dont think any person can be referred to be a good person if they cause any serious negative side effects or outcomes. For those people who were harmed will not think that the person is a good person.
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Post by James on Mar 15, 2015 14:20:53 GMT
I think the process matters more than the outcome. Eben if an outcome turns out horrible, if the intention was good, i think the person should still get a credit. Regardless of the result, the person was trying hard to have something positive in the end
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Post by chrishong on Mar 15, 2015 14:54:11 GMT
For me, outcome is more significant than the process because outcome acts like a mirror and reflects a person's behaviors and attitudes throughout the process and helps us analyze that person through the outcome of his actions. Hamlet's outcome (having ones close to him killed) tells us that he did more than just simply revenging against his uncle. Therefore, even though his intentions were good, he became a murderer himself.
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Post by jimim on Mar 15, 2015 15:01:01 GMT
I think the person changes due to outcome even though the intention was good. For example, Hamlet wanted to revenge on Claudius for his father but most of his family, friend and girl friend were dead or committed suicide. So I think that Hamlet is bad guy rather than good guy. So I think the outcome chooses everything.
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Post by agneslianaputri on Mar 15, 2015 15:10:23 GMT
The thought and consideration of having a good intention itself already made a person a "good person", remember that things doesn't always go smoothly..
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Post by anyuchen on Mar 15, 2015 15:15:17 GMT
I think if one peron has good idea in his or her, that person is a good person and sometimes we have to admit that people make a trouble when they really want to help someone. This indeed happened.
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Post by woojong on Mar 15, 2015 15:36:25 GMT
So basically..the question is "can the result justify the means?". Personally, no. Well this depends on situation really (what doesn't?). Even if the outcome was good, if there were too many sacrifices that outnumber the outcome, I don't think this Good Intention stuff can cover that.
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