There is human confusion about what goodness is. As with anything important or true, religious and political forms of goodness are the main ones which bounce within the human mind. Now a H.A.S. will see this, and say, “since there is no common absolute good, good is not true, because true things are absolutely true, objects of nature, for all to see.” They make the assumption that somehow a bunch of people miss-representing something renders it all wrong. Even if a billion people miss-represented goodness itself, that would not mean actual goodness is wrong, false, evil, foolish, etc. But despite this, the H.A.S. is so half assed, that he misses this point entirely.
In nature there is much wisdom, much secrets. In nature, in fact, all is secret, and will not portray things or teach peoples. Nature is silent. It is highly foolish that a person should expect truth to be evident. Nature is quite different. It will not teach you a thing. You must teach yourself about nature, through and by yourself, for the most part, and even while being taught things, the human individual being taught must think and listen. They still must teach themself.
Now, with goodness, in nature, an animal is the perfect example of good form.
The body of the animal is symmetrical. The cells sort matter and chemical, in great and fine mass. The mind guides the actions. The being responds to its environment. It preserves and produces selfhood. It is capable of change. It lives and reacts to change. This is the essence of goodness. The virtue of the body. All evils begin as goodness, then only through miss-application do they become evil, for evil is the wrong quantity at the wrong time and place. Deadly wrongs are when there is too much or too little of something, whereas perfection relates to proper quantities.
I happen to think that goodness is a true thing.
The arguments against goodness are lame and offer little, whereas goodness itself is a reward, a means and an end. Such a concept is a grand thing.