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<blockquote data-quote="Ranillon" data-source="post: 807165" data-attributes="member: 6699">I must disagree. Selfishness is a sign of both neutrality and evil. Neutral is just selfishness with some moral grounding limiting the extreams while evil is amoral selfishness.--------------------------------------That depends on what a person is willing to do to be &quot;selfish&quot; if you ask me.&nbsp; If he is just as likely to do a &quot;good&quot; act as an &quot;evil&quot; one -- that is, he does only what's in his best interests &gt;period&lt; without concern to the moral implications either way -- that sounds like some flavor of Neutral.&nbsp; Mind you, not all neutral people are selfish, but someone who is Evil will go out of his way/get his jollies by performing acts of evil.&nbsp; A merely neutral (any flavor) may commit an evil act, but usually only as a means to an end.&nbsp; He won't actively promote evil for its own sake.&nbsp; By comparison, the evil character will receive satisfaction from evil acts and will therefore go out of his way to commit them (which is certainly NOT the same thing as saying he'll be stupid about it).I do think it is possible for a person to be neutral or even evil (to a point) without being selfish per se.&nbsp; It is quite easy for anyone of any alignment to be selfish without consciously realizing it (that is, they tell themselves they are acting for &quot;proper&quot; reasons while remaining ignorant of the true nature of their own motivations).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ranillon, post: 807165, member: 6699"] I must disagree. Selfishness is a sign of both neutrality and evil. Neutral is just selfishness with some moral grounding limiting the extreams while evil is amoral selfishness. -------------------------------------- That depends on what a person is willing to do to be "selfish" if you ask me. If he is just as likely to do a "good" act as an "evil" one -- that is, he does only what's in his best interests >period< without concern to the moral implications either way -- that sounds like some flavor of Neutral. Mind you, not all neutral people are selfish, but someone who is Evil will go out of his way/get his jollies by performing acts of evil. A merely neutral (any flavor) may commit an evil act, but usually only as a means to an end. He won't actively promote evil for its own sake. By comparison, the evil character will receive satisfaction from evil acts and will therefore go out of his way to commit them (which is certainly NOT the same thing as saying he'll be stupid about it). I do think it is possible for a person to be neutral or even evil (to a point) without being selfish per se. It is quite easy for anyone of any alignment to be selfish without consciously realizing it (that is, they tell themselves they are acting for "proper" reasons while remaining ignorant of the true nature of their own motivations). [/QUOTE]

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