Interesting poll.

Case and point: numbers. Physical reality contains instances of numbers, and numbers can explain and model physical reality, but numbers transcend physical reality to the level of abstract truth. So, too, are truth and logic in general, goodness, and beauty. These transcend physical reality and cannot be explained by it, but the reverse.

Alike to how having three apples allows a glimpse at the transcendent reality of "three" but is not "three" per se and is actually better explained by "three" qua "three," so too does compassion and kindelness manifest goodness but is not goodness per se but is rather explained by the real existence of goodness transcendent of physical reality. The apples manifest "three" like Mother Theresa manifested goodness.

In the same manner as it is nonsensical to imagine a world without "three," so too is it nonsensical to imagine a world completely devoid of Goodness, for it is by Goodness itself that it exists, and by Beauty itself that it does so in its manner, and by Truth that we or any other creature may even say such things. In yet greater profundity, I say that all that exists does so by Existence per se, and that principal of primary existence and the essence of Goodness, Truth, and Beauty I call God.