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YouGov D&D Alignment Survey - how many Britons identify as Chaotic Evil?
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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7605132" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>Except... </p><p></p><p>In the US, we have an unfortunate lack of natural predators. Except in some very limited areas of the country, wolves just aren't around any more. Deer, however, are. </p><p></p><p>Prey, sans predators, become a problem. The prey species overpopulates, overgrazes, does damage to the forest ecosystem, experiences famine, has issues with disease and parasites, many of which are transmissible to other species. It becomes a real mess, and the deer suffer.</p><p></p><p>So, you really have to cull the herds. Failing to do so would be cruel - so, evil. Sure, you can hire government employees to do the job. Or, you can make private citizens pay the government for the right to do so. I can make culling the herds a revenue source, rather than a cost sink. In this case, the hunter is doing right by the animals and by their communities. This is not good?</p><p></p><p>Alignment is <em>a long-term aggregation</em> of the morality and ethics of your actions. Even if you think that enjoying killing an animal is evil, the killing of the animal at a time of overcrowding may be for the greater good, and now we have to include both weights into the overall aggregation.</p><p></p><p>"I killed a man" = evil.</p><p>"I killed a man and enjoyed it" = even more evil!!</p><p>"I killed a man who raped and pillaged his way through my home town, and was moving on to do the same to the next, and I found the vengeance and righteous justice pleasing." = Um... well, if this is evil, most D&D Paladins are in for a rough time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7605132, member: 177"] Except... In the US, we have an unfortunate lack of natural predators. Except in some very limited areas of the country, wolves just aren't around any more. Deer, however, are. Prey, sans predators, become a problem. The prey species overpopulates, overgrazes, does damage to the forest ecosystem, experiences famine, has issues with disease and parasites, many of which are transmissible to other species. It becomes a real mess, and the deer suffer. So, you really have to cull the herds. Failing to do so would be cruel - so, evil. Sure, you can hire government employees to do the job. Or, you can make private citizens pay the government for the right to do so. I can make culling the herds a revenue source, rather than a cost sink. In this case, the hunter is doing right by the animals and by their communities. This is not good? Alignment is [i]a long-term aggregation[/i] of the morality and ethics of your actions. Even if you think that enjoying killing an animal is evil, the killing of the animal at a time of overcrowding may be for the greater good, and now we have to include both weights into the overall aggregation. "I killed a man" = evil. "I killed a man and enjoyed it" = even more evil!! "I killed a man who raped and pillaged his way through my home town, and was moving on to do the same to the next, and I found the vengeance and righteous justice pleasing." = Um... well, if this is evil, most D&D Paladins are in for a rough time. [/QUOTE]
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