If you were to judge a person then on what basis would you judge him/her?

Judge them to be of use to others, a friend to me, around people I care about? I’ll judge the bad deed and weigh it against what they have to offer.

Even if the good deed helped mankind (like your 3rd example), I would be hard pressed to outweigh that kind of bad deed with a good one. Maybe if the person, after finding the cure, killed themselves.

Your question sure makes a person think. I’m a believer that doing “good” begins one person at a time. Neiz, I think your answer might possible be THE only answer. The cure for cancer? There is not a person on this planet that hasn’t been touched by this vile disease….how willing would we be to look past a horrible criminal action for the sake of millions of lives saved..? Man oh man. I’m sitting here realizing that although I know “good” from “bad”, Laurie is now questioning some of it….GAH! Great. Not going to sleep tonight now! >;-P

People can be full of contradictions and often the words good and bad are not adequate to describe them. I would have to look at the person as a whole and try to make sense of it. Right now I am trying to figure out my nephew. He dropped out of college and was dealing drugs. I know that he is basically a decent person, so it is hard for me to make sense of him.

Now this depends on the situations. If he/she’s doing something good bad has his/her darkside .. well nobody’s perfect… gues I’ll have to be in that situation to answer. Till then I’ll keep thinking about it.

I don’t judge people and I have only one Judge.

What they do in one regard or instance may have nothing to do with the other.

If you are talking about having various feelings about a person because they do something incredibly good in one case and incredibly bad in another, that to me is different than judging them.

I base those conflicts on what I know and what they did directly to me. They are human and thus make mistakes. I guess it depends on if it was a mistake and how they handled that mistake.

I’d judge the person on his best good deed, and only if his bad deed happened awhile ago. I forgive people well.

But it would be foolish to judge a person just based on what good and bad deeds he has done. There is a lot more to people than certain actions. I have to see what kind of personality he has, his attitude, his interaction with me and others, etc.

I try very hard to not judge others, since it’s not my place to do so. But, being human, if I discover that someone has done a particularly dastardly deed, I would probably not want to hang around with them, which is a kind of judgment, I suppose.

I judge people by how they treat others, mostly. I seem to concentrate on the bad more than anything though, so that’s why I have no friends. But that doesn’t mean I can’t recognize good. It’s just that like, so much shit seems black and white, when it’s probbaly all so subjective, and then I can’t figure anything out lol.

I think every thought process we have is either a judgement or an opinion. Not judging the shortcomings of a person who does Good deeds is one thing and not holding something against a person who does bad deeds and does not regret is another. I think I would judge the person based on their worst “BAD” deed although whether the person regrets his actions or not is something I would consider in the process of my judgement. Although there is no black or white (or its rare), I think people in the grey zone should be held accountable for their BAD actions. We can choose to appreciate their positives but we should also strongly condemn their negatives.

@CaptainHarley I think the quote I mentioned in an earlier question can have some application here. “Death of one man is the death of all mankind” in a analogical sense. What I mean is their BAD deed (say killing one man) is not excused by their good deed (saving one man).

@raven860

I tend to agree. As a christian, I rely on God to sort out this sort of thing.

I judge/appraise people on things like how I feel around them, do we communicate well with each other, is this person a complainer or not. How you judge or appraise others totally depends on the situation. For instance, if I’m interviewing you for a job, I am going to be looking at a whole other set of questions I would attempt to answer about you before I make a final decision. Another example is that if I am deciding if you will be a good friend or not, I will look for traits I look for in a friend and measure you against that. If I’m judging a coworker, I look to see if they carry their weight or are they somebody who is a slacker. I hope these real life scenarios at least attempt to answer your question and that you find it helpful. That was a good question.

@mitochondrian

This may seem like a strange question but I was wondering the following. When it comes to a job and if you had to choose between one of the following two candidates, whom would you pick?

-A friendly, honest employees with high ethical values and moral standards who does his job 95% well.
-A manipulative person who may not do well with all the employees but does his job 100% well and is an asset to the company because of his manipulative skills.

Thank you.