There is always better than a good?

[gilbuvarkey]

My friend,morel teacher gave this question to students.My friend ask me to answer the question. I don't have any idea about it.What does it mean? and how we answer it? please help me.

 

[emsr2d2]

My friend, morel (I don't know what this means) teacher gave this question to students. My friend asked me to answer the question. I don't have any idea about it. What does it mean and how do we answer it? Please help me.

It means absolutely nothing. Please see the amendments I have made to your post as well. Remember to put a space between a full stop and the capital letter at the start of the next sentence.

 

[Raymott]

My friend,morel teacher gave this question to students.My friend ask me to answer the question. I don't have any idea about it.What does it mean? and how we answer it? please help me.

It sounds like a philosophy question, not an English one.
Maybe you could look here for a start:
Philosophy: Good & Bad., mindlessness, simple answer

 

[Barb_D]

Are you talking about comparatives? You can't say "this is better" without something to compare it to, but it doesn't mean that what you're comparing it to is good.

That one is truly awful.
This one is better -- it's only "very bad" but not "truly awful."

 

[konungursvia]

I agree with Ray, and think the question is intended to be an ethical one. It appears to ask whether there are infinite degrees of goodness, in the moral sense, or whether there is simply a classification of either 'good' or 'evil' in a more black-and-white sense.

 

[emsr2d2]

So "Something can always be better than good"?

 

[bhaisahab]

What confuses me is the article "a".

 

[emsr2d2]

What confuses me is the article "a".

You're not alone there.

 

[Raymott]

"A non-moral good is something that is desirable for someone or other; despite the name to the contrary, it may include moral goods. A moral good is anything which an actor is considered to be morally obligated to strive toward."
Value theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Goods can be absolute or relative. A relative good is something that is good because people say it is good. An absolute good is something that is good because of something in itself.
Good (philosophy) - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


"A good" is a technical term in Value Theory, and in other fields of Ethics. For example, compassion is a "moral good'.
I can't imagine that the OP's friend will have been given this assignment in a philosophical vacuum.

 

[konungursvia]

It may be true that there is usually something better than what we deem 'good.'

So "Something can always be better than good"?

 

[emsr2d2]

I knew there was a reason I never took philosophy.

 

[TheParser]

NOT A TEACHER


Hello, gilbuvarkey:

I thought that I would just pass along this idea.

There is a saying that goes something like:

Better is the enemy of the good.

That is, sometimes we do something well. But we are not satisfied. We want to do it even better. But maybe doing it

better is not necessary or even a good idea.

For example, every day there have been leaves on the sidewalk in front of our house. So every day, I sweep the

sidewalk. If there are 30 leaves, I try to get at least 25 of them. And even if I pick up all 30, other leaves will start to

fall very soon. Should I go crazy and keep sweeping up the newly fallen leaves? Of course, not! I did a good job in

sweeping up 25 leaves. That is all that anyone can expect. Perfection is not necessary or even possible (I would be

sweeping up those leaves 24 hours a day!).

 

[gilbuvarkey]

Thank you very much...