Nothing can be good or bad in itself"Truth, beauty and goodness are not eternal and objective realities that man discovers, but are the creative products of the human mind as exercises his "will to power". In other words, man is a creator of values." (Nietzsche) What then is good and evil, if not that defined by man and therefore a purely subjective concept. Could we, society, have one without the other? By determining what is good, we in turn determine what is bad. How do we know what they are; that is, do they really exist? We must first try to define what good and evil are before attempting to question their existence. What is good? Is it the selfless act of a volunteer at a homeless shelter or an honest and sincere contributing citizen? Webster's dictionary defines good as being of a favorable, healthy, and virtuous character. (Merriam-Webster) “A good will is not good because of what it effects or accomplishes, because of its fitness to achieve some proposed end: it is good only through its will, that is, good in itself.” (Kant) In essence, the traditional sense of good is an act performed only by thinking of the benefit of others rather than one's own personal interest. However, for society to view it as positive, an act must also be intended to benefit society as a whole. Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream speech is an excellent example of goodwill influencing society as a whole. “King believed that the fight for civil rights was part of a larger struggle in which the forces of freedom and individuality, the forces of righteousness, would triumph over the forces of oppression and prejudice, the forces of ignorance” . (King) He emphasized freedom as a right, as a general good... in the center of the card......."I Have A Dream." The twentieth century: mirrors of the mind. Second edition, revised. Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Hunter Books, Incorporated, 1991.pp 138-140.Merriam-Webster of America. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 1997. pp 325-326.Mill, John Stuart. "Utilitarianism." Philosophy: a literary and conceptual approach. Third edition. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Incorporated, 1995. pp 306-319. Nietzsche, Friedrich. "Beyond good and evil." The twentieth century: mirrors of the mind. Second edition, revised. Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Hunter Books, Incorporated, 1991. pp 16-20. Sartre, Jean-Paul. “The Humanism of Existentialism.” Philosophy: a literary and conceptual approach. Third edition. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Incorporated, 1995. pp 434-443.