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Sorry but there is no 'objective' good. Good is defined by the society you live in. We believe slavery is an evil but many of our founding fathers did not. Were they evil or just used a different scale? If you were a cannibal you'd might think eating your enemy was a good thing.
OK, if there is no objective good, then you can't claim evil exists.
If there is no objective good, then what Jeffrey Dahmer did was not evil or wrong at all. In fact, without an objective measure, what Jeffrey Dahmer did is morally equivalent to an act of kindness, respect and compassion. One act cannot be better than the other, if there is no objective good.