Regardless of who makes a decision, instinctively…

• When a decision is made and it works to my advantage, it is smart.
• When a decision is made and it works to my disadvantage, it is dumb.

After instinct, decisions are according to their intent and/or outcome…

• When a decision is made by me and meant to impact only me, it is singular. Largely because singular decisions influence future decisions, they very rarely (if ever) impact only me.
• When a decision is made and it works to the advantage of the decision-maker and to the disadvantage of anyone else, it is manipulative.
• When a decision is made with little or no thought or process, it is careless and unreliable and the decision-maker is lazy, specious, untrustworthy, and potentially intentionally duplicitous.
• When a decision is made with significant thought and process, it is promising. Promising decisions are often untested and uncertain. Promising decisions are hard.
• When a decision is made from habit or in the course of practice, ritual, or convention, it is routine. Routine decisions inhibit potential for improvement. Routine decisions maintain status quo. Routine decisions are careless but thought to be reliable. Routine decisions pretend to be promising. Routine decisions are easy.

Is there any such thing as a good decision?

It feels like most decisions characterized as good decisions are in actuality routine decisions following practice, ritual, or convention. We tend to believe that safe is good and untested decisions made for change and potential improvement are risky and bad.

To be safe is to abandon Justice.