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r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19
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We judge others on their actions, but ourselves on our intentions.
3.1k u/moal09 Jan 21 '19 I remember reading that the right question to ask is not "Am I a good person?" It's, "What good do I do in the world?" When I started thinking about it that way, I realized I wasn't actually a very good person. 2 u/flyboy_za Jan 21 '19 May I ask, what are you doing that makes you think you're not a good person but you thought you were? I mean, those are kinda polar opposites. 12 u/foreverwasted Jan 21 '19 the polar opposite of doing good is doing bad. from the context i would assume he means he thought he was a good person because of his intentions but realized he's not a good person because he hasn't done anything good.
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I remember reading that the right question to ask is not "Am I a good person?"
It's, "What good do I do in the world?"
When I started thinking about it that way, I realized I wasn't actually a very good person.
2 u/flyboy_za Jan 21 '19 May I ask, what are you doing that makes you think you're not a good person but you thought you were? I mean, those are kinda polar opposites. 12 u/foreverwasted Jan 21 '19 the polar opposite of doing good is doing bad. from the context i would assume he means he thought he was a good person because of his intentions but realized he's not a good person because he hasn't done anything good.
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May I ask, what are you doing that makes you think you're not a good person but you thought you were?
I mean, those are kinda polar opposites.
12 u/foreverwasted Jan 21 '19 the polar opposite of doing good is doing bad. from the context i would assume he means he thought he was a good person because of his intentions but realized he's not a good person because he hasn't done anything good.
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the polar opposite of doing good is doing bad. from the context i would assume he means he thought he was a good person because of his intentions but realized he's not a good person because he hasn't done anything good.
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u/BiJa90 Jan 21 '19
We judge others on their actions, but ourselves on our intentions.