> To me "good" is anything that helps humanity thrive, and bad is when something does the opposite. I agree with that definition. However, it leads to a trade

> To me "good" is anything that helps humanity thrive, and bad is when something does the opposite. I agree with that definition. However, it leads to a trade-off between short term thriving of individuals and long term thriving of humanity. We could pour all our resources into supporting every living person but would cripple our future development. Or we could go the other extreme and violate all the human rights to develop a more resilient long term society. Islam, for example, is very robust for thriving of humanity (no population collapse happening there) but very poor for thriving of all individuals within it (severe penalties for seemingly harmless "crimes", women's rights, etc.).