(June 7, 2013 at 3:17 pm)Rahul Wrote:Not according to your most recent definition:(June 7, 2013 at 2:36 pm)John V Wrote: If intended outcome is the measure of good things, then your mom is a good person doing good things.Voting against equal rights for homosexual marriage does not reduce harm. It increases it. Hence, evil.
Quote:If the net outcome is intended to reduce the total amount of harm then it's good, even if some harm must occur in the process.