From: utzoo!watmath!cbostrum
Newsgroups: net.religion
Title: Good and Evil
Article-I.D.: watmath.4844
Posted: Tue Apr  5 14:34:14 1983
Received: Tue Apr  5 23:48:56 1983

I agree with Tim Maroney that before arguing about what things are good
and evil, we should figure out what we mean by "good". I have been watching
this discussion with a certain amount of disgust due to peoples' lack to
do this.
When we say an act is good, what do we **mean** by this? I dont see how
we can sensibly discuss casuistry until we have some minimal agreement on
this topic. 
I would certainly have to disagree with Tim, tho, (if this is what he said)
that good is just something invented by someone as a carrot-and-stick thing.
At least, this is not what "good" means. Perhaps the idea that "good" is a term
that really does mean something has been planted in us; that, however, is 
different. (I wont disclose right now what I think "good" means. But I dont
think its meaningless)