This is surprisingly a complicated question. To say one this is good and another is bad isn't just up to one person. I mean sure their is the obvious one of not doing harm to any living creature, don't steal etc, but who decides what is morally and ethically right and wrong.
An interesting perspective is to consider the whole thought that religion as the founder for righteousness and that which religion a country is dominated by confirms their moral and ethical foregrounds.
This may have so truth to it, but who within the religion or religious group decides what to teach? See it doesn't seem so simple now does it.
We could drain on for weeks about questions like this one, truth is ethical dilemas are just that. This and many more questions can arise from deeper thought. What I think to be good is acting in a way that considers other people beyond yourself.
Compassion, what is it? Well the way I see it, is that a component of compassion is the consideration for others. Something as simple as being aware of the personal space and comfort of a fellow passenger on public transport is something that demonstrates compassion. Of course there is more that can be seen as compassionate, bigger more life altering acts, but for sure these things take more than a lot of people can afford to give. So in one sense just the awareness and thought and small action makes up a good act.
Ramblings and some food for thought.
