A ‘good reason’ is a useless illusion if it doesn’t lead to good outcomes.
A good reason is not something that follows the form A->B.
Last I checked people don’t live in Plato’s abstract plane of perfection, but in the imperfect and chaotic reality. A ‘good reason’ is a terrible one if it leads you or me to ruin, period.
As another commenter replied to you, you’re conflating bad outcomes with good reasons.
“To watch the world burn” is still a better reason, even if the outcome is the same, or worse.
A ‘good reason’ is a useless illusion if it doesn’t lead to good outcomes.
A good reason is not something that follows the form A->B.
Last I checked people don’t live in Plato’s abstract plane of perfection, but in the imperfect and chaotic reality. A ‘good reason’ is a terrible one if it leads you or me to ruin, period.
I think the problem here is you’ve assumed my usage of “good” and “bad” are referring to the net reduction / increase of suffering.
I’ve been using the term “worst” as synonymous with “invalid”. So yes, within my context, good reason implicitly follows the form A->B.
Tradition is the least valid reason (in terms of epistemology) for doing anything.
Saying “because” is just straight up invalid.