Good - everyone operates with this concept, but if you ask a person to explain what he means, then he will most likely not be able to do it in a nutshell. The whole discussion will quickly come down to the fact that good is a philosophical concept, and everyone already knows what it is, because people feel it in their hearts. But explaining precisely such concepts is the most interesting task for philosophers.
Goodness in the western tradition
Good refers to terms that describe moral and ethical categories. This is a category of ethics. In the everyday sense, everything is called good that is good, brings happiness or joy, and allows you to win love. Moreover, everyday interpretation sometimes allows for "complicated" types of good, when the benefits of some phenomena at first glance are not obvious, but in the end it turns out to be good.
Philosophers of the Western world have long tried to describe good by contrasting it with the category of evil, or bad. Good is something completely opposite to evil, and if good is beneficial, then evil is harmful. This division of the world into good and evil parts is especially characteristic of the Western world. The ancient Greeks laid the foundations for such implacable antonyms, and later the Christian religion developed this distinction even further.
So, in Christianity, good is assigned the status of divine, and in this aspect it becomes absolute, turns into God's providence. This allows you to get additional everyday interpretations, for example, it is believed that good returns, and evil will not go unpunished.
Good should be disinterested, because if it is done with the aim of obtaining profit, then this is no longer quite good, but something from the category of commercial transactions.
Goodness in the Eastern tradition
In the eastern tradition, there is no such clear division of the world into a good and an evil aspect, just as there is no religion that absolutizes the concept of good. For example, Taoism, in which good and evil are called yin and yang, believes that these are equal forces governing the world, and that one is unthinkable without the other. Together, yin and yang create harmony on which the world rests. To destroy evil means to undermine the very principle of the existence of the universe.
In Taoism, it is believed that an attempt to divide the world into good and evil is fruitless, since the world is infinite, and such a division would also have to be carried out endlessly.
At the same time, in each Eastern religious tradition, certain aspects of existence are considered, which are considered negative. For example, in Buddhism, the negative aspect is constant rebirth, which brings suffering to a living being. Anything that makes a person plunge into the abyss of life too much is considered evil, that is, these are all passions and desires.
In Hinduism, goodness is to follow the heart chakra and strive to open it as much as possible. Islam, although it is an Eastern tradition, in the understanding of good and evil is closer to Christianity than to other religions. The most "convenient" understanding of good is given by Confucianism: Confucius said that good is what a person considers good for himself.
