{"id":56012,"date":"2024-01-16T13:56:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T12:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/let-us-be-good-people\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:06:36","slug":"be-a-good-person","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/be-a-good-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Be a good person"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"56012\" class=\"elementor elementor-56012 elementor-18691\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd455c4 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"dd455c4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-595e63e\" data-id=\"595e63e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b84231 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b84231\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LIVE WITHOUT HARMING! BE A GOOD PERSON<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99e1b01 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99e1b01\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df723cc\" data-id=\"df723cc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cc9457 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cc9457\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/concepto-negocios-puesta-marcha-personas-gestos-trabajo-equipo-cierre-equipo-creativo-feliz-sonriente-que-muestra-su-aprobacion-oficina-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"BE A GOOD PERSON\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/concepto-negocios-puesta-marcha-personas-gestos-trabajo-equipo-cierre-equipo-creativo-feliz-sonriente-que-muestra-su-aprobacion-oficina-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"271\"><\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good person is someone who <strong>does no harm to any sentient being<\/strong>, with the exception of legitimate self-defense and the defense of others, and always against the aggressor, never against an innocent person. A better person is one who takes action to prevent others from causing harm. And an even better person is one who, in addition to all this, helps others.  <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what does NOT make someone a good person on its own, even if it seems that way?<\/p><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><strong>Being nice<\/strong> and friendly to others. In fact, psychopaths are often charming. <\/li><\/ul><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><strong>Loving your children<\/strong> and family and helping them. For example, Stalin adored his daughter Svetlana but committed genocide against tens of millions of innocent people and made life a hell for tens of millions more. <\/li><\/ul><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><strong>Being a good friend<\/strong>, like Hitler, who was sentimental and loyal to his friends.<\/li><\/ul><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><strong>Doing favors<\/strong>, even the most evil people do this, such as members of the SS who exterminated Jews or inquisitors who tortured innocent victims. <\/li><\/ul><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><strong>Making contributions to NGOs<\/strong>, whether through money or time. In reality, research suggests that dictators who steal wealth are more likely to act generously than honest people who generate it. This is the case of the bloodthirsty Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, who tortured people daily in a cruel manner and committed massacres of some 100,000 to 300,000 innocent people. Despite this, whenever he could, he sent truckloads of food aid to Britain to help them cope with the economic crisis in the late 1970s. This is because, contrary to what many believe, good deeds do not &#8220;cancel&#8221; the abuses committed.    <\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/small-acts-of-charity-do-not-cancel-the-harm-we-cause\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read REPAIR THE HARM! Small acts of charity do not cancel the harm we do<\/a><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of the above <u>is very good, but it is not enough<\/u> to be a good person. Rather, again, it is necessary <strong>to do no harm to any sentient being<\/strong>, regardless of their identity, unless it is legitimate self-defense, neither directly nor indirectly, neither as a perpetrator nor as an accomplice or cooperator. The latter constitutes the foundation on which goodness is built, while the former aspects are the embellishments that decorate it. <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/avoid-labels-that-give-a-free-pass-to-harm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIVE WITHOUT HARMING: Avoid labels that serve as a free pass to cause harm<\/a><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/never-support-injustice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT HARMING? Never support injustice<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And to be an even better person, it is necessary to do something to prevent evil and cruelty, reacting to injustice, as well as providing some kind of help to those in need.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every human being falls somewhere on a spectrum ranging from maximum evil to the greatest possible goodness. If we measured it on a scale from 0 to 10, where would you like to be? <\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bondad_maldad.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Be a good person\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/bondad_maldad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The positive aspect is that we can choose what kind of person we are. We are not determined by our DNA. We all carry the genes of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/acknowledge-your-evil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abuse<\/a><\/span><\/span> and the credulous assimilation of harmful mindsets that we absorbed like sponges in our childhood and youth, as the education we received often contains both benign and unjust elements.   Furthermore, we carry in our blood the herd effect that leads us to do whatever our group does, however evil it may be, or the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-no-harm-be-open-and-avoid-harmful-gregariousness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gregarious spirit<\/a><\/span><\/span> that leads many to become accomplices of their group, regardless of the harm it may cause. <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/think-for-yourself-and-say-no-to-toxic-indoctrination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>FOR A WORLD WITHOUT HARM: Think for yourself and avoid toxic indoctrination<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-not-follow-the-herd-to-cause-harm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>THE ART OF LIVING WITHOUT HARMING: Do not follow the herd to cause harm<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But we also have capacity for empathy, a sense of justice, and rational and critical thinking that allow us to stop blindly believing in the harmful patterns normalized by our group.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/no-danes\/publicaciones\/dejemonos-llevar-por-nuestro-sentido-de-la-justicia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>THE REVOLUTION OF LIVING WITHOUT HARMING: Be guided by your innate sense of ethics<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/be-rational-avoid-dogmatism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">LIVE WITHOUT HARMING! Be rational<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can choose between several options of how to act and think, how to do and think. We can go beyond <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/preserve-the-good-and-change-the-harmful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tradition<\/a><\/span><\/span>, beyond <span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">the<\/span> <span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"> <\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/reform-society-to-make-it-better\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">influence of society<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"> <\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">(nurturing on one hand but toxic on the other), <\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">beyond our innate <\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/enjoy-positive-self-interest-and-avoid-the-negative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">negative selfishness<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\"> and the rest of the conditioning factors to be authors of ourselves and choose the path of goodness.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You choose:<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evil? Something in between? Or a good person?  <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illiterate, a bit barbaric, quite considerate, or very civilized?<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you for making the best choice for everyone, <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d616f58 elementor-share-buttons--view-icon elementor-share-buttons--shape-circle elementor-share-buttons--align-center elementor-share-buttons--skin-gradient elementor-grid-0 elementor-share-buttons--color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"d616f58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_whatsapp\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on whatsapp\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-whatsapp\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_email\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on email\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_x-twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on x-twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-x-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_facebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on facebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_linkedin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on linkedin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3abf58e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3abf58e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef0d63c\" data-id=\"ef0d63c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4759232 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4759232\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong> Xavier Paya <\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><b>Live Without Harming initiative<\/b><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #e5ac1b;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705739656386000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0r_zOrwTRU9jKMsNGkX-Vn\">www.institutodelbienestar.com<\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">LET&#8217;S NOT HARM ANYONE, except in legitimate self-defense against an aggressor.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); color: #ffffff;\">Read:<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); text-decoration-line: underline; color: #e5ac1b;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/no-danes\/publicaciones\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705739656386000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Y-BstuMG-ZGz1yLfoAV21\">other articles from DO NO HARM!&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-431033d elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"431033d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>With the <b>Live Without Harming initiative<\/b> we strive to prevent any kind of suffering or harm being inflicted on you, your loved ones, and others.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIVE WITHOUT HARMING! BE A GOOD PERSON A good person is someone who does no harm to any sentient being, with the exception of legitimate self-defense and the defense of others, and always against the aggressor, never against an innocent person. 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