As I tell others, people are defined by their choices in life and their actions, not their thoughts or what is going on in their minds. Because people are sometimes filled with kindness and compassion, and sometimes people have the best of intentions. But they still do some very evil acts.
"Empirical good" or "empirical evil" as pure concepts are difficult to establish because they require combining observable facts with subjective moral interpretations. While empirical evidence can inform our understanding of the consequences of actions, the judgment of "good" or "evil" ultimately depends on philosophical or cultural perspectives.
Obviously, before humans evolved into existence, there were no " subjective moral interpretations. " Creatures extant acted purely on instinct. Not bad--not good. Mostly eat and / or be eaten, breed or not breed, and all other things possible guided by instinct, I would say. Now there is a great deal of choice regarding "subjective moral interpretations", which seem to cause quite a bit of trouble---sometimes SERIOUS trouble. Ah yes--the human brain.
Without which, we'd be back to the law of the jungle in which life would be "nasty, brutish and short"--i.e., hell.
