Nature of Goodness

NOTE: THIS IS a DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOK. a second inadequate definition of goodness is that it is adaptation to environment. This is a far more important conception than the preceding; but again, while not untrue, is still, in my judgment, partial and ambiguous. When its meaning is made clear and exact, it seems to coincide with my own; for it points out that nothing can be separately good, but becomes so through fulfillment of relations. Each thing or person is surrounded by many others. to them it must fit itself. Being but a part, its goodness is found in serving that whole with which it is connected. That is a good oar which suits well the hands of the rower, the row-lock of the boat, and the resisting water.Palmer, George Herbert is the author of 'Nature of Goodness', published 2004 under ISBN 9781419275296 and ISBN 1419275291.