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Yeah sure but can't a good motive make a bad action good? If you get what I'm saying..
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A good motive makes a bad action good in that the motivation for the bad action was good.
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And 'good for who' shouldn't mather should it? It's allways morally good to give money to the needy, although it might hurt your personal finances, because the action to give to the more needy is good and the intention of helping the more needy is also good...
Good Action + good motive = Good Deed...
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I think the 'good for who?' and 'good in what respect?' do matter a great deal. I disagree with the notion that ethical judgments are black and white. Ethics depend upon circumstance.
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But:
Bad action + good motive = what?
Good action + bad motive = what?
Thus I said that good and bad is blurry, because this is hard to answer isn't it? I belive it is anyways although I will give you that my examples wheren't that good...
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I think the answer to your equations are good and bad. If the act was bad, but your motive was good, then you shouldn't have acted as you did, but your heart was in the right place. If the act was good, then you acted properly, but the bad motivation causes you harm.
Am I making any sense?