Dear Folks,
I've long been sceptical about the notion of good
and evil. So as an exercise of self discipline I thought I'd give a go at
trying to develop a general idea of the notion of good and ask for others to
share some of their views as well.
Seem to me that good is an evaluation we make about
the consequences or meanings of events. That in general we
judge good event to be those who outcome is generally agreed upon as
increasing the satisfaction and well being of folks. But how is the
process of generally agreeing achived (in other words what specifically do I
mean by general agreement) and what is meant by the notions of satisfactiona nd
well being of folks. Beging with the latter I'd say that the satisfaction
and well being of folks refers to those outcomes or consequences folks
would choose for themselves.
The issue of general agreement is more
difficult. The problem with moral choices is not deciding between good and
bad or better and worse but choosing between who is to get the better and whom
the worse. The simple choice between good and bad is not by itself a moral
choice. A moral choice involves a choice in which what is good
for one person or group is achieved at the expense of what is good for
another. A choice between six of one and a half a dozen of the other in
which no one gains or loses at the expense of another is not a a choice involing
a moral decision. Good is inextricably tied to the notion of moral
choices. In general we consider an outcome good to the extent it is the
outcome folks would choose for themselves. The distinction between a
good and a moral outcome is that the quality of being good refers
to that which one would choose for hirself where as the the moral choice is
the one which one would select if he or she did not know which outcome
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