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To: TimF who wrote (6236)	5/22/2003 12:51:53 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

Are you making some distinction between "practical good" and "moral good"? I am trying hard to understand where you are coming from. When you said you would do something wrong to try to create a great practical good, were you speaking of a moral wrong as I had assumed? If all actions are to be defined as good or bad on the basis of utility, then would your "wrong" action need to be reconsidered in hindsight as "good" once a "practical" good had ensued? You say it is normal and prudent to speculate about consequences when one chooses an action. I agree. But if one acts so as to create good because one believes in doing good, then on what basis does one judge such an act as morally wrong??

To: TimF who wrote (6236)	5/22/2003 12:00:35 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 7720

There might be several levels of moral evaluation one could make. For example: Was there intent to do good, as in being kind, considerate, etc. Is the act itself generally marked as a good action, as in giving to a charity. Were the results good, such as finding a cure for cancer. Even if the latter two were true the giver could have had some corrupt intent for getting involved in the first place. So, its way complicated and a single action should not be written off too quickly.