1. That which is desirable; that which is perfective of a thing. 2. Being in a state of perfection either absolutely or in some respect. Thus defined, good is a transcendental property of being. Hence, every being is in some respect good. 3. In moral philosophy, goodness is attributed to actions insofar as they conform to right reason and the natural moral law.  4. Metaphysically, the good is divided into the fitting (the bonum honestum or that which is good precisely because of what it is); the desirable; and the useful.  These three kinds of good are only notionally distinct, however, and therefore can be found in one and the same good reality.  (For example, that which is fittingly good is also desirable and is, under some aspect, always useful as well.)