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<blockquote data-quote="Fenes" data-source="post: 4056591" data-attributes="member: 604">I think &quot;Good&quot; and &quot;Evil&quot; is always specific to a campaign. That may mean that it's defined by the GM's real life views, but it does not have to.So, in one campaign one might have modern views defining good/evil actions, in the next one might have the moral of the 11th century christianism define what was evil and what was good, and in the campaign following that one, good and evil were defined according to Roman custom in the fist century B.C.I do think that taking a definition of good/evil different from personal opinions may help solve some issues, and cut down on time spent in debates, and defuse some of the potential disputes. It is easier to look up a text, and then say &quot;enslaving beaten enemies is not evil in roman opinion&quot; than try to argue whether or not it would be evil today.Personally, I do think that the mere notion that there's a real life standard of good or evil behaviour clearly wrong. I'd rather not have to argue whether or not killing a murderer is a good or evil action, or if it depends whether or not he had due process. I much prefer to simply be able to say &quot;Killing a murderer is not evil in this campaign&quot;, and leave real life politics and moral outside the game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fenes, post: 4056591, member: 604"] I think "Good" and "Evil" is always specific to a campaign. That may mean that it's defined by the GM's real life views, but it does not have to. So, in one campaign one might have modern views defining good/evil actions, in the next one might have the moral of the 11th century christianism define what was evil and what was good, and in the campaign following that one, good and evil were defined according to Roman custom in the fist century B.C. I do think that taking a definition of good/evil different from personal opinions may help solve some issues, and cut down on time spent in debates, and defuse some of the potential disputes. It is easier to look up a text, and then say "enslaving beaten enemies is not evil in roman opinion" than try to argue whether or not it would be evil today. Personally, I do think that the mere notion that there's a real life standard of good or evil behaviour clearly wrong. I'd rather not have to argue whether or not killing a murderer is a good or evil action, or if it depends whether or not he had due process. I much prefer to simply be able to say "Killing a murderer is not evil in this campaign", and leave real life politics and moral outside the game. [/QUOTE]

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