People pursue disinterested benevolence because they pursue the idea of moral goodness.
Therefore natural good does not fit the definition of disinterested benevolence, but moral goodness does.
Rather, the moral goodness was really the power to produce a certain sort of pleasing sensation in the observer.
I admit his moral goodness is of a certain kind, a quaint, perhaps a casual kind.
His strong natural, construction and innate inclination to moral goodness consolidated his immunity against disease.
- the only character who approaches moral goodness.
It holds that one cannot achieve moral goodness or love for God if there is no evil and suffering in the world.
However, it is necessary to select the right sorts of examples in order to demonstrate genuine moral goodness.
He understood this to be an inner light, an innate moral goodness and understanding of what is good.
Augustine follows this by suggesting that "God saw the light that it was good" refers to the moral goodness of the angels.