(October 29, 2015 at 8:43 am)Irrational Wrote: According to dictionary.com, one of the synonyms for benevolent is good.
You are forcing a distinction where there shouldn't be. For a lot of people, and from the point of view of justice, it wouldn't be benevolent or good for a judge to let a convicted murderer go his merry way without having him be held accountable for his actions.
It certainly would be benevolent. It would not be good.