The Good, the Bad, and the Right

In answering the question, “You’re so nice. You’re not good, you’re not bad, you’re just nice. I’m not good, I’m not nice, I’m just right.” What’s the difference between nice, good and right? I would say that it is best to be good, if that is an option. Being right doesn't make one good, because there is a write and a wrong way to achieve the same thing.

What about being nice though, where does that fit in? I would have to say that being nice is part of being good, however to be nice without being right can get you killed (in the case of facing the giant's wife in "Into the Woods"), or on a less dramatic and more realistic scale, get you hurt, or in some way enslaved. 

One real life application for this is the matter of self defense. Should people be allowed to defend themselves even if it means not being nice about it? Yes, I submit that as we as human beings have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of property and happiness, securing those things which we have lawfully and morally earned is a natural part of those rights. In fact, I would say that we have a moral responsibility to protect ourselves, and our families, which in some cases means our property as well. I am sure that God will not hold us as being wicked for protecting our own welfare, and that is what really matters is staying right with God.

The other argument would be, "Well if I'm hungry and someone has extra, don't I have a right to secure my own life?" I would say that you do have the right to secure your own life, however that does not include stealing from others. Just because someone has extra doesn't mean you are entitled to it, this thought process is a HUGE part of the problem in the United States and the world today in general. Stealing is wrong, charity is all together right, nice, and good. Those with extra should share, but they should not be legally forced to do so. It doesn't matter if the government does it, that's what Bastiat called "legal plunder," and he said that is plunder all the same.

In conclusion, be right, be nice, be good. Heaven will take the nice and the good over the right and the bad.