Good Societies
Focus: What is Good
It would be hard to find agreement among people about what exactly is good. Especially in this day and age of divided poulations and dvisive rhetoric, who would ever think that people could agree on even mundane topics? But surely there are a few things we could all see the good in? One of the first philosophers to talk about the idea of what is good was Plato. 'The Good' is objective, not open to interpreation.
it is fairly easy to argue that what is good is subjective. However, Plato also thought about what good is. Plato was trying to define something a little bigger. He was trying to conceive of an ultimate Good. Of course, this was 2400 years ago and attitudes have changed.
We might not be able to agree that there is an ultimate good for everyone on the earth because different cultural backgrounds will require different behaviors. For example, Americans think a blonde girl in a bikini is the greatest, but other folks from more conservative cultures will think she is not respectable.
Good Pictures
Webb Telescope
Social Wolves
Goodness
Evidence of Good
If you search "Examples of Good" using Google, various definiitions for real goods are returned. Bing gets it much better, starting with some images that tout the benefits of being a good example followed by a defiinition of "good" followed by the examples of real goods. However I was hoping for more examples like this: Education
Goodness Past
Help! One of many good things about sport is that it brings us together.
A study by some researcers working for the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health say optimism can lengthen your life.
The Good Index
Health
The following health data is from the WHO. To understand better why populations are healthier and how this metric is derived, click the image to go to the WHO's "Triple Billions" targets
Corruption
This is an index of perceptions of corruption.
Wealth
Click on the graphic below for some revealing figures on global wealth
Happiness
Who is happy? Check out the pages of the World Happiness Report organization for more information
