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Originally posted by Capt.JamesHook
Impossible to do good. Is English your primary language?
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The use of "good" in this sense is not adverbial, rather a it is used as a noun.
good n.: something that is good
People often forget that the word good is also a noun, especailly when used in a sentence where it could be used in the adverbial sense which has been under attack since the 19th century.
More to the point of the topic though, I believe that he is saying no good can be done because it is ill defined. Its morally subjective. What's good for you is bad for me, and just okay to someone else. There no universal boundries on the continuum... ergo, no one can ever do good.