A Test to Work Out if You're a Good Person

Whether or not we count as a good person depends on an unexpected but crucial ingredient. Find out more about whether you qualify by watching the film.

FURTHER READING

“There is really only one question you ever need to direct at someone to work out whether or not they are a good person – and that is, with deliberate simplicity: Do you think you are a good person?
And to this there is only one acceptable answer. People who are genuinely good, people who know about kindness, patience, forgiveness, compromise, apology and gentleness always, always answer no…”

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Produced in collaboration with:

Andrei Verioti

Title animation produced in collaboration with

Vale Productions

[afc]

Never regret being a good person, to the wrong people. Your behavior says everything about you, and their behavior says enough about them.

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.”
– Marcus Aurelius

[MissyCeleste]

"are you a good person?"
Me: "no"
"CONGRATULATIONS YOU PASSED THE TEST YOU ARE A GOOD PERSON"
Me: 👁️👄👁️ what

[Detrahere]

“The conflict is not between good and evil but between wisdom and ignorance.” -Buddhist saying

[maymahmoud]

Thinking that one is a “good” person doesn’t mean being unaware of one’s “bad” parts..Seeing the good in yourself despite the imperfections (that you know about already) may sometimes be the key to seeing it in others as well no matter how imperfect they seem to be.

[versai]

"Are you a good person?"
Me: yeah I try to be a good person and thoughtful of others.
"You are a BAD person!"

[Meshstick]

“Are you a good person?”

“Okay, okay i need to start being a bit more confident in myself, so id say that im a pretty decent person.”

“WRONG, YOU VILLAIN!”

[solus]

Something I’ve realised from this channel is that you aren’t born selfless or kind. It is something you are taught or teach yourself; only you can make the decision to try and become a better person - concretely, treat those you consider beneath you with respect and cultivate a positive attitude through your actions, and your mind will eventually believe all those things

[waynehanley]

But . . . but . . . being self-aware enough to realize that you are flawed and are not without error is the key. I would never claim to be flawless, but I would indeed say that I'm a good person, because I can recognize that I am flawed. I think there is a problem in the absolute nature of the determinism of this episode.

[neeltsje]

1:10 I don't agree. Good doesn't mean perfect. Good isn't the top of the mountain. A good person still makes mistakes and does bad things from time to time. Considering this, I think you could answer the question "Are you a good person?" perfectly well with a "Yes" without being a bad/egocentric person.

[annaa]

" a constant suspicion that someone might be a monster "
My anxiety : allow me to introduce myself

[olddaydreams]

As someone who has grown up trying very hard to be a good person this video illustrates the strain of such a pursuit remarkably well

[Wunderkind]

My answer to "Are you a good person?" has always been "I hope so." or "I'd like to think so."

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.”
― Abigail Van Buren

[Neutrino]

"No tree can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell." - Carl Jung

[Pentagraemmchen]

I seriously don't think it is this simple. A lot of truly evil people I've known genuinely admit to being evil and even take pride in being anything but good. On the other side, I've known truly good people who wouldn't answer no. Normaly they'd say something like 'I try to be good' or 'I try to be my best version'. I think it's totally plausible to be both self-aware and good/bad. In the end, self - awareness is the only quality that can lead to a change for the better.

[sammy]

My answer to the question would be ''I try to be a good person'' what does that make me?

[slimking]

I think of myself as a neutral person, I'm not doing anything profoundly good for others but I'm not screwing people over either.

[DURRAKUKSI]

Modesty has it's limits too ...
If you constantly think that you are not a good person, wouldn't that cause to hurt yourself and by default that would make you a bad person since you are causing harm to someone, yourself?

[nicoleleung]

Can I be a good person without hating myself? I suspect myself of being a bad person at time which holds me to a higher ideal. Yet, the burden of crippling self hatred is heavy. It's a fantastic motivator for me to run into the person I want to become. Yet, anytime I feel an inkling of goodness I feel like a fraud.