What I was going to say before I was so rudely interrupted, is that there is no absolute attainable in this universe, and probably not in any other, on the good and bad spectrum. There isn't even an externally verifiable measurement you can use. But there is a universal striving for better futures, in a lot of different areas such as one's family, societies, species and so on, which is as good a general yardstick as you're going to find. But it is an infinite yardstick in both directions. Relatavism might be a lot less comfortable than black and white, but it is a lot closer to the "truth".

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