Good of Oneself is the idea of GOAM in a single individual. Antelism believes in the Reduction Principle. The Reduction Principle states that the first goal of GOAM is to reduce pain and suffering, and that achieving a reduction of pain and suffering is much more important than achieving an increase in happiness and pleasure.
Thus, one must look at GOM and first target there areas of pain and suffering. These areas are Mental, Emotional, Physical, and so on.
Increasing physical health is important as well as increasing mental health. Both must be addressed. That is the most important thing. However to achieve these things one must work towards being a Good Person. A Good Person acts in ways that achieve a lower level of pain and a higher level of general wellbeing, thus a Good Person can be viewed as someone who increases the quality of Wellbeing.
To achieve this one must first submit to Truth and submit to GOAM and submit to the Reduction Principle. Through Truth one can design a course of action, through GOAM and GOM one can create a goal, and through Pain Reduction we can achieve GOAM at a faster pace.
The exact steps that must be taken and the order in which they are taken are not an absolute science. People differ tremendously. Since people differ so much there isn’t a universal step 1 and step 2 for everyone after they accept Truth and GOAM. Thus we go over the various mental conditions and we go over how to solve them in order to achieve GOM.
The next chapter goes over those issues and works towards the solutions.