Encourages people to be regarded as good or bad? (4)
I believe the answer is:
eggs
'encourages' is the definition.
'people to be regarded as good or bad?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'as' could be 'eg' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'eg' is found in the answer.
'good' could be 'g' (abbreviation) and 'g' is found within the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eggs that I've seen before include "Levels (of quality)" , "Ova" , "Breakfast items" , "Oval food items" , "Bacon and - -" .)