I don’t think our decisions or actions are so easily judged between what’s “good” and “bad”. Seems like we could place any of our actions and decisions on one of these spectrums below. And maybe use it as a compass, pointing our desires to try and progress and improve toward what’s “best”.
Good – What’s good for you, completely subjective and individualistic. What’s “good” can be anything, result, outcome, experience, reward, etc. Could even be “selfish” and doesn’t have to benefit anyone else. Might be purely emotional, temporary and not necessarily produce a qualitative, lasting improvement.
Better – It’s not only good for you but also benefits someone else and/or the people around you, not just emotionally or short term but also produces a qualitative improvement. What “good” means is less subjective and more objectively qualitative.
Best – It’s not only good for you and benefits others but can be repeated consistently, producing similar positive outcomes and qualitative improvements. And as a rule of thumb can be adopted by others so they can better themselves and the people around them. What’s “good” would be even more “objective”, to the extent most people would agree and would be commonly accepted as being “good”.
