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Message: <blockquote data-quote="M.L. Martin" data-source="post: 4229413" data-attributes="member: 4086">Sure . . . if you grant the assumption that alignment refers to a sociopolitical philosophy.  That, I think, is one of the big problems with the Lawful/Chaotic axis. The game has never reached a consensus on whether it applies to one's personal behavior (organized vs. free-spirited), political philosophy (highly structured society vs. minimally structured) or even cosmological philosophy (ordered universe vs. universe as random). Hence, there's no clear agreement on what the terms mean.  Thus, I'm happy to see universalized Lawful/Chaotic alignments sent to the slaughterhouse; while people can argue about what fits under Good and Evil, you don't see the confusion on what the terms are supposed to mean in general. If Lawful Good and Chaotic Evil are defined clearly as their own thing, I think they can help the game, especially since they don't have to fit into some overall Law vs. Chaos dichotomy.</blockquote>