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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8935894" data-attributes="member: 6796468"><p>I feel like this discussion needs some context... which unfortunately is going to seriously cut it's knees off.</p><p></p><p>There's no one moral identity that people ascribe to, entirely. So any attempt at creating a moral/heroic outcome is going to have to focus on specific aspects that will leave people hanging in other ways.</p><p></p><p>Like how destroying the Death Star in Return of the Jedi was a big hero moment that most people agree is entirely moral... but the consequences of which would wipe out the Ewoks and anyone living on Endor. For a Consequentialist, you've just traded the Rebel Alliance's stronghold (open military target) for a boatload of bystander civilians uninvolved in the ongoing war between the Empire and Rebellion.</p><p></p><p>So a massive ecological disaster compounded by a war crime on a planetary scale as "Collateral Damage".</p><p></p><p>Pretty much every moral person uses a combination of different moral philosophies to define themself. For some things it's the outcome that matters. For others there's hard-lines on what is or isn't acceptable. And a whole lot of grey area in the middle (especially for anyone they care about on a personal level).</p><p></p><p>So writing a moral ending is always going to be difficult not only based on the specific moral framework of a given author, but the moral framework of each player, and Narrator, at a given table.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 8935894, member: 6796468"] I feel like this discussion needs some context... which unfortunately is going to seriously cut it's knees off. There's no one moral identity that people ascribe to, entirely. So any attempt at creating a moral/heroic outcome is going to have to focus on specific aspects that will leave people hanging in other ways. Like how destroying the Death Star in Return of the Jedi was a big hero moment that most people agree is entirely moral... but the consequences of which would wipe out the Ewoks and anyone living on Endor. For a Consequentialist, you've just traded the Rebel Alliance's stronghold (open military target) for a boatload of bystander civilians uninvolved in the ongoing war between the Empire and Rebellion. So a massive ecological disaster compounded by a war crime on a planetary scale as "Collateral Damage". Pretty much every moral person uses a combination of different moral philosophies to define themself. For some things it's the outcome that matters. For others there's hard-lines on what is or isn't acceptable. And a whole lot of grey area in the middle (especially for anyone they care about on a personal level). So writing a moral ending is always going to be difficult not only based on the specific moral framework of a given author, but the moral framework of each player, and Narrator, at a given table. [/QUOTE]
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