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<blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 4950075" data-attributes="member: 15538">Sometimes a lesser heresy is more offensive than an opposite doctrine. Speaking hypothetically, while a paladin would consider &quot;might makes right&quot; anathemic to his principles it is at least a comprehensible viewpoint and somewhat congruent in respects that force has a purpose in asserting the will of individuals. On the other hand, a belief like &quot;the weak must be culled&quot; would be unacceptable to the paladin, even though ultimately they may agree in the value of creating fitness, because it implies a moral positive to destroying someone who is innocent. &quot;I'm culling you because I feel like it&quot; is more amoral and less immoral than &quot;the weak must be culled.&quot; I would not classify LE as being &quot;the lesser evil&quot; and I think that's a common fallacy. I don't think a paladin would consider LE less evil simply because it's more lawful. Generally speaking, Law tends to have the consequence of making evil worse and good better. Conversely, Chaos makes evil and good more personal. Since the paladin is lawful, the consequences are likely to be a stronger consideration. A CG person might consider LG &quot;the lesser of two Lawfuls,&quot; but a LG person, to consider LE &quot;the lesser of two evils&quot; would have to agree that less evil has occured. The CG person has the privilege of preferring a LE regime to a LG one if they feel it punishes the correct parties. LG? No such option.Paladins do not weigh Law and Good equally. They can lose their status for becoming un-Lawful, but they can lose their powers for a single Evil act. In fact, because the Good alignment espouses certain moral tests of dignity and protecting life, while it will not trump Law, Law would tend to obey Good's demands. It's Lawful Good, not Goodly Lawful. Obeying both Law and Good means you can make certain things prerequisite only if it is congruent with both alignments. Everything else is, by definition, lower on the ethical totem pole.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pawsplay, post: 4950075, member: 15538"] Sometimes a lesser heresy is more offensive than an opposite doctrine. Speaking hypothetically, while a paladin would consider "might makes right" anathemic to his principles it is at least a comprehensible viewpoint and somewhat congruent in respects that force has a purpose in asserting the will of individuals. On the other hand, a belief like "the weak must be culled" would be unacceptable to the paladin, even though ultimately they may agree in the value of creating fitness, because it implies a moral positive to destroying someone who is innocent. "I'm culling you because I feel like it" is more amoral and less immoral than "the weak must be culled." I would not classify LE as being "the lesser evil" and I think that's a common fallacy. I don't think a paladin would consider LE less evil simply because it's more lawful. Generally speaking, Law tends to have the consequence of making evil worse and good better. Conversely, Chaos makes evil and good more personal. Since the paladin is lawful, the consequences are likely to be a stronger consideration. A CG person might consider LG "the lesser of two Lawfuls," but a LG person, to consider LE "the lesser of two evils" would have to agree that less evil has occured. The CG person has the privilege of preferring a LE regime to a LG one if they feel it punishes the correct parties. LG? No such option. Paladins do not weigh Law and Good equally. They can lose their status for becoming un-Lawful, but they can lose their powers for a single Evil [i]act[/i]. In fact, because the Good alignment espouses certain moral tests of dignity and protecting life, while it will not trump Law, Law would tend to obey Good's demands. It's Lawful Good, not Goodly Lawful. Obeying both Law and Good means you can make certain things prerequisite only if it is congruent with both alignments. Everything else is, by definition, lower on the ethical totem pole. [/QUOTE]

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