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This is one of those things that depends on so many variables, not to mention codified definitions of things good and bad. Also, most people tend to define themselves as at least basically good- a study cited on a show I watched too long ago to remember interviewed a lot of prison inmates, and it posed a similar question to them: are you a good or bad person? Most thought they were solidly on the good side, even though they were in for things like rape and murder.
If I were to be totally honest, I would have to say that: on my scale of good/badness, I am about 60%. My scale is a complex mess of Judeo/Christian Western mores, with a bit of Eastern karmic philosophy thrown in. It got very convoluted when I took Philosophy and Ethics in college, and continues to shift and change as I gain in life experience.* I say 60% because I know where I would like to be and I try to live up to my expectations, but reality has an ugly way of rearing it's head and I have to choose between the proverbial 'lessers'. I don't always choose wisely, but I can honestly say that at least 60% of the time I try. I think.
*My euphemism for old age.
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