Asking here because I don’t think this has a concrete answer… (or maybe it does? Please let me know if there is one!)

So a lot of times good people do good things and bad people do bad things… but what if someone with malicious intent unintentially improved the world? Or vice versa, someone with all the right intentions but made things worse for everyone

I guess this can be applied to a lot of politicians, but the question isn’t based on any real-life events

  • TʜᴇʀᴀᴘʏGⒶʀʏ⁽ᵗʰᵉʸ‘ᵗʰᵉᵐ⁾@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    If you’re interested in further reading, the terminology for what you’re describing is:

    deontology (based on the action itself)
    virtue ethics (based on the intent)
    consequentialism (based on the outcome)

    I would argue that there’s no such thing as “good” people and “bad” people, nor even actions that are inherently good or bad themselves. Someone is, in my opinion, “good” if I feel more positively than negatively about the culmination of their actions, intents, and results.

    To be clear though, my opinion on this is unpopular lol

    • zlatiah@lemmy.worldOP
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      3 days ago

      Thanks! You put this better than I could. I was thinking that this has to be something philosophers have figured out or at least seriously investigated… I will look into these concepts

      IMO this is the asklemmy community and I came here asking for opinions so… I think your opinion is quite valid