Tag: Moral Motivation
Chapter 11 – Not All Good Actions Count
Chapter 11 is focusing on Eleanor trying to earn her way into The Good Place by raising her point total. Sean, the judge of disputes between The Good Place and The Bad Place will soon arrive to decide Eleanor’s fate. While your official number stops at death, Tahani suggests they […]
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Chapter 26 – Is Being Good its own Reward?
At the end of season 2, the Judge says that the fact that our humans continued to improve after death does not count because they could be doing it out of self-interest. People should do good because it is good and not for a reward or to avoid punishment. Michael […]
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Chapter 5 – Moral Motivations Count More than Outcomes
The moral message being made in episode 5 seems to be that one’s motivations matter more than the outcomes for determining if one is a good person or not. This is illustrated through three different focuses in the episode. Episode 5 begins with Eleanor undecided about what yogurt flavor to […]
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Chapter 2 – Selfishness as Moral Motivation
One of the central questions of the second episode of The Good Place is if morality can be taught. Towards the end of the episode, Chidi says that Eleanor is the most self-obsessed person. He goes to claim that she is too selfish to be a good person. It is […]
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