Reasons to agree:
- People, like dogs, seek rewards, and avoid punishments.
- The Parable of the Talents tells us that law of the harvest.
- We can all agree on some very basic definitions of good and bad.
- Even if we make some mistakes, and accidently call some good things bad, the effort in the long run, will result in more good being done than bad.
- It may seem cruel to "reward" those who are smart, but it is cruel to those in the future, if we create an un-just society, or a backwards society. Our challenges that we face in the future will need smart people. We have to reward those who seek education.
- We should reward behavior people that help the environment.
Reasons to disagree:
- If I don't like what you call "good" and "bad" then you might end up, then I might think you are rewarding bad behavior and punishing good behavior.
- It is hard to judge "bad" behavior. For instance, if you get bad grades, is it because you are lazy (bad), or disadvantages.
