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It's not an assumption; it's a normative statement I choose to endorse. If you have some other system, feel free to endorse that... but then we'll be discussing morality, and not meta-morality or whatever system originally produced your objection to Jiro's distinction between good and bad.
Agree.
Well, it could have risk aversion. It's just that risk aversion never comes into play during its decision-making process due to its omniscience. Strip away that omniscience, and risk aversion very well might rear its head.
I disagree. Take the following two statements:
There is no contradiction in these two statements.
But they have a consequence: Morality currently is not useful for practical purposes.
That's... an interesting position. Are you willing to live with it? X-)
You can, of course define morality in this particular way, but why would you do that?