What Is "Good" and Must We Be Good?

What is good? According to most dictionaries, being good is "...That which is righteous or virtuous; having or showing an upright virtuous character..." But what is "upright and virtuous"? Is it possible to give one crystal-clear definition to such complex concepts? Being "good" cannot easily be explained because there are as many different ways of being good as there are individuals
The western culture considers many things to be "good" traits in a person, but all of them are circumstantial. How they are perceived by the individual is a large dynamic. For one person, not inflicting pain o…