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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 4032522" data-attributes="member: 141">I don't think that a personal code is enough to make a person lawful.  Lawful types have to be integrated into a social network more than Dexter is.  Mafia, thieves guild, evil empire: lawful evil types need something to belong to.  At the very least a lawful evil type has to have (or want) minions to carry out his dreams of world domination.  Dexter, on the other hand, is in a social organization only as camouflage.So I don't think he is lawful.  But he's not chaotic, either- he is trying to figure out how personal relationships work, but he just isn't getting very far.As far as evil goes- well, he hungers for murder, even if he satisfies it by killing only bad people.  Moreover in season two set out to frame an innocent man.  I think that he has to count as evil, even though he is a very sympathetic, likable character.   So I'd classify him as Neutral Evil.  But an appealing and socially useful neutral evil.</blockquote>