Jeff, thanks for your note. Please do call me Matthew. I think that the Trichotomy Thesis, as it is typically understood, applies to all three. This said, when applied to C, one may want to distinguish between axiological and deontic evaluations. It is possible that X is better than Y, from an axiological point of view, and yet one *ought* not, deontically speaking, bring about X. So, for example, it may be that a state of affair in which five people live is a better than a state of affair in which one person lives. And yet, one ought not to bring about the former, if this means taking the organs of the one healthy person without his consent in order to save the five. I hope this helps.
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