Goodness is what beauty (and therefore coherence) feels like from the inside. It is the warm, feminine expression of beauty, as opposed to truth, which is its cold, masculine expression.
It is an embodied, participatory, relational attunement to the whole, not something inferred, calculated, or constructed. Goodness is known directly through resonance, presence, and care. It is what allows us to feel that something is right, true, and whole, even before we can explain why.
Goodness is absolute. It is not contingent on preference or consensus, but stands as the moral and aesthetic reference point that allows us to discern whether a given truth is being used rightly. It is the absolute attractor that anchors vision (story) in love, infusing it with sacred orientation and ethical coherence.
Goodness orients to beauty, beauty informs truth, and truth serves goodness.