Describe a good person

Kiddo · 04-19-2008, 08:33 PM

The idea for this thread comes from cafe's comments in the "My Naive View of Relationships" thread by
prplchknz.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cafe

If you were to describe a good person, someone that you respect and admire what things might you mention?

Honest? Kind? Responsible? That's the kind of thing I mean.

Leysing · 04-19-2008, 09:01 PM

Honest. Friendly. Kind. Respects others. Wants to do the right thing. Moral. Altruistic. Modest. Independent. Respects self. Wants to help.

Something like that.

Prototype · 04-20-2008, 05:55 AM

Tolerant.

Mempy · 04-20-2008, 08:42 AM

There are too many different kinds of good person to name. Moreover, we all have the capability to be good, and at different times in our lives have different levels of goodness, if you will.

But traits that I personally admire are:

The ability to be compassionate not only toward others, but also and especially toward oneself.
Independence.
Honesty, i.e. the courage to put oneself out there genuinely.
Critical thinking.
A sense of humor.
Silliness.
A sense of wonder and imagination.
Mellowness.
Courage in general.

elfinchilde · 04-20-2008, 09:23 AM

empathy. openness--to new experiences, and to others. tolerance: to understand, even if you cannot accept. not to judge. warmth. strength. gentleness. courage. loyalty, honesty. selflessness.

ie, non existent.

LostInNerSpace · 04-20-2008, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elfinchilde

empathy. openness--to new experiences, and to others. tolerance: to understand, even if you cannot accept. not to judge. warmth. strength. gentleness. courage. loyalty, honesty. selflessness.

ie, non existent.

Not true. Sound like me, probably you too if these are your values. Nobody is perfect, and different people consider different things important.

Some people might say someone who is "God fearing" makes a person good. I fear god but only because he turns people into whack jobs. Such religious people might not consider me a good person.

Athenian200 · 04-20-2008, 11:01 AM

A good person?

Generous, intelligent, polite, meticulous, sympathetic, adroit, artistic, and practical.

That's how I wish I were, anyway...

lastrailway · 04-20-2008, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Demigod

Tolerant.

Yeah, tolerant and accepting would describe what I consider as a good person.

Actually I don't fully understand the OP's question. I can totally respect somebody I don't consider particularly good as a person and I can meet a really good person whom I won't respect too much.
The reasons why I can respect a person, admire them, hang out with them, or consider them good people do not necessarily coincide.

sriv · 04-20-2008, 01:41 PM

Lol, wise. Responsible, fair, honest, and knowledgable.

white · 04-20-2008, 03:48 PM

honesty.
moral courage.
intelligence without arrogance.
strength with restraint.
someone who does his best given what he has.
someone who takes responsibility and doesn't blame others.
Someone kind, giving, but who does not let him/herself be taken advantaged of.
a clear-eyed person.

04-20-2008, 08:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
Mempy Badass Mofo Join Date: Jul 2007 Type: Posts: 2,255	There are too many different kinds of good person to name. Moreover, we all have the capability to be good, and at different times in our lives have different levels of goodness, if you will. But traits that I personally admire are: The ability to be compassionate not only toward others, but also and especially toward oneself. Independence. Honesty, i.e. the courage to put oneself out there genuinely. Critical thinking. A sense of humor. Silliness. A sense of wonder and imagination. Mellowness. Courage in general. __________________ I’d rather feel the sting of strife, where gales are born and tempests roar; Than settle down to useless life and rot in dry dock on the shore.

04-20-2008, 09:23 AM	#5 (permalink)
elfinchilde a white iris Join Date: Jan 2008 Type: intp Posts: 1,990	empathy. openness--to new experiences, and to others. tolerance: to understand, even if you cannot accept. not to judge. warmth. strength. gentleness. courage. loyalty, honesty. selflessness. ie, non existent. __________________ You gave me hyacinths first a year ago; They called me the hyacinth girl. Yet when we came back, late, from the Hyacinth garden, Your arms full, and your hair wet, I could not Speak, and my eyes failed, I was neither Living nor dead, and I knew nothing, Looking into the heart of light, the silence. --T.S Eliot, The Wasteland

04-20-2008, 11:01 AM	#7 (permalink)
Athenian200 Fragmented Being Join Date: Jul 2007 Type: InfJ Location: C:\ Posts: 5,781	A good person? Generous, intelligent, polite, meticulous, sympathetic, adroit, artistic, and practical. That's how I wish I were, anyway... __________________ "I'm not much more than an interpreter, and not very good at telling stories. Well, not at making them interesting, anyways." --C3-P0, Star Wars IV: A New Hope

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Leysing Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Type: FiSi Posts: 321	Honest. Friendly. Kind. Respects others. Wants to do the right thing. Moral. Altruistic. Modest. Independent. Respects self. Wants to help. Something like that.

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Prototype Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Type: INFP Location: 13 to 30 HZ Posts: 312	Tolerant.

04-20-2008, 01:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
sriv Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Type: JIxT Posts: 455	Lol, wise. Responsible, fair, honest, and knowledgable.

04-20-2008, 03:48 PM	#10 (permalink)
white ~dangerous curves ahead~ Join Date: Nov 2007 Type: ENTP Posts: 3,503	honesty. moral courage. intelligence without arrogance. strength with restraint. someone who does his best given what he has. someone who takes responsibility and doesn't blame others. Someone kind, giving, but who does not let him/herself be taken advantaged of. a clear-eyed person.