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You can be good for several reasons a few of which I will list:
1. Good because it is required of you by soceity. Good because it's required by law or religion.
2. Good because you expect some sort of reward.
3. Good because you genuinely want to help someone.
4. Good because you seek to create heaven on earth. Being good is a great step towards that success.
Humanism operates on the principles of 3 and 4.
Although I'm guilty of #1 and #2, I'm sometime good out of #3 and I try to base much of my personal morality code on #4, the golden rule, etc.
#1 and #2 partially describe what you've listed.
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