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<blockquote data-quote="3catcircus" data-source="post: 7974887" data-attributes="member: 16077">&quot;Is what an evil person would say?&quot;&nbsp; Sooo...&nbsp; Every peasant throughout the ancient world is evil, by your definition.&quot;Godwin Time?&quot;&nbsp; You miss the point.&nbsp; Nazi Germany was considered evil by most other nations.&nbsp; That didn't prevent Italy from aligning with them.&nbsp; It didn't prevent Soviet Russia from signing a non-aggression pact.&nbsp; The majority of society in Nazi Germany considered itself moral, law-abiding citizens.&nbsp; An orc who goes and raids an elf village, bringing back slaves and food is considered a hero, a bread-winner for his family - a &quot;good guy.&quot;&nbsp; A different orc that runs away in cowardice is considered &quot;evil&quot; by orc society.Moral relativism and the danger of applying objective definitions of morality and ethics based upon modern concepts.A &quot;lawful evil&quot; mayor character who has beggars and orphans rounded up and executed to &quot;clean up his town&quot; doesn't consider himself to be evil.&nbsp; But he'd consider a &quot;chaotic evil&quot; psychopath serial killer terrorizing his citizens to be evil, and he'd consider a &quot;neutral good&quot; &quot;the mayor is oppressing us and must be removed from office&quot; character to be evil for destabilizing society.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="3catcircus, post: 7974887, member: 16077"] "Is what an evil person would say?" Sooo... Every peasant throughout the ancient world is evil, by your definition. "Godwin Time?" You miss the point. Nazi Germany was considered evil by most other nations. That didn't prevent Italy from aligning with them. It didn't prevent Soviet Russia from signing a non-aggression pact. The majority of society in Nazi Germany considered itself moral, law-abiding citizens. An orc who goes and raids an elf village, bringing back slaves and food is considered a hero, a bread-winner for his family - a "good guy." A different orc that runs away in cowardice is considered "evil" by orc society. Moral relativism and the danger of applying objective definitions of morality and ethics based upon modern concepts. A "lawful evil" mayor character who has beggars and orphans rounded up and executed to "clean up his town" doesn't consider himself to be evil. But he'd consider a "chaotic evil" psychopath serial killer terrorizing his citizens to be evil, and he'd consider a "neutral good" "the mayor is oppressing us and must be removed from office" character to be evil for destabilizing society. [/QUOTE]

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