# What is good?

Ethics asks what makes an act right or a life good. It is among the oldest questions and every culture has its own answers, often tied to its stories and its traditions.

Connects to:
- [Ethics and meaning](https://mapideas.org/i/ethics)
- [Many traditions](https://mapideas.org/i/re_many)
- [Confucian tradition](https://mapideas.org/i/re_confu)
- [Three ways to ask](https://mapideas.org/i/et_three)

Sources:
- [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Ethics](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-virtue/)
- [Wikipedia: Ethics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics)

Source: https://mapideas.org/i/et_good · open on the map: https://mapideas.org/#et_good