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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hecateus" data-source="post: 1236750" data-attributes="member: 15056">I was using the <a href="http://www.dictionary.com" target="_blank">www.dictionary.com</a> sense of the word 'good', in it's simplist and most direct form.  though yes you are right.  D&D goes a bit further.  As I see it, Fran here would be CN: [C]too busy to be socialable, [N] while he is creating wealth [G], he is to focused on that task to percieve other immaterial forms of wealth. so long as Fran is not screwed by those so-called charities, and Fran Values those charities (as opposed to only acting out of a grim-duty-no-of-his-choosing) I have no problem with this.While I still disagree, somewhat, I applaud you for having internalised a concept of good and evil; most people don't bother. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />[edit] I guess I should elaborate as to why I don't think that Intention is proper the basis of Good or Evil, example: Hitler had what he though was the best of Intentions when he ordered the destruction of millions of Jews.  They were as Orcs to him.  He though he was, altruistically, doing Germany and the World the best of favors.  He had 'good' intents for his people, and a willinginess to use destruction on those who were not his people.; I should add that he was willing to 'sacrifice' as much of his people as it took to ends he thought beneficial to his people too. Altruism can be used for evil, just look at the destination signs along the Road of Good Intentions.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Guess I should go read that link b4 argueing further here. cheers.</blockquote>

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