The philosophical discipline taking morality or ethics as its bitch:
I.e deals with e.g (good & bad
(right & wrong
(virtue & vice
(justice & injustice
Distinction between things that are good as means and good as an end. The latter are in themselves good. The former are good only insofar as they lead to the latter. E.g medicine is good only as a means to health, prolongs life. There can be disagreement as to whether, e.g education, knowledge is good in itself.
Flourishing of life is good. There is also disagreement as to whether there is one ultimate good to which all other goods mere means.
Hedonism - pleasure is the ultimate good
Aristotle - eudomonia is the ultimate good. Human flourishing
Right and Wrong
Applies primarily to human acts e.g makes sense to say that my keeping my promise with you was the right thing to do. Doesn't really make grammatical sense to speech of pleasure or knowledge etc. as right or wrong they are good or bad.
Being right or wrong is a property that applies to human acts. While being good or bad is also a property but one applying find to phenomena that may or may not be present in a situation. And if one
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