So DTF, I want your opinion on this matter. What initially sparked my interest in this subject was my first viewing of Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. I don't want to give away spoilers, so I'll just say that the movie left me thinking that what defined a person's "goodness" was not there actions, but their thoughts. If a sadistic little teen wanted to rape and murder but couldn't, did that make him a good person? Of course not! I kept this opinion in the back of my head until my vacation in Florida a few days ago.
Now, some background information about me before I continue this. I've always admired "go with the flow people" and try my best to be like them. I personally believe it takes a lot to get me pissed, however, I get very annoyed very easily...moving on.
So, my family was at the dinner table eating dessert, and I was already in some pissy mood for some reason. My mom asked me to try a pistachio, and I politely refused. She insisted and, jokingly, started shoving a pistachio in my face. I was already have way annoyed and in the last minute, I just reached maximum capacity and raised my arm and was about to swipe the nut from my mom's hand and send it flying, but right before I was about to do it, my brain just went, "Yo! Not a good idea!!!!" and I stopped. My step dad was all like, "Oh! That's not good, even though you didn't do it! You thought about doing it," and for the first time, I was confused on how I feel about the subject. I told them that actions make someone good, not initial thoughts. This was completely contradictory to what I thought about for all this time. My mom then went on asking if good people have bad thoughts, and I returned everything to the usual status quo by messing with my mom talking about how I have the urge to kill people every day and I don't act on them...thus making me a good person.
It's a joke by the way...
Anyway, I come to you guys and ask how you feel. I know some might consider this a dumb idea, but others might not. I personally still lean toward thoughts making someone good not actions because even though I initially thought to be a douchebag, I caught myself at the last second and thought otherwise.