I think there are good things, and not so good things when talking about goodness, but nothing inherently good or evil except good in itself or evil in itself. Only good in itself is inherently good, and the same with evil, but nothing else is inherently good or evil.

And, how can you live a life without self perception?

A life of a monk maybe.

I think the ego is just part of who we are, a necessary part for existence to work, though definitely not the whole and full story from how I see it!

I think the same.