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<blockquote data-quote="Gizzard" data-source="post: 872532" data-attributes="member: 527">OK, let me head off in a different direction and see if it goes anywhere.&nbsp; ;-)There's an Asian philosophy which teaches that if you save a man's life you are responsible for him.&nbsp; His life would have ended at a certain point, but meddlesome ol' you stepped in and took an action that you cannot see the consequences of.&nbsp; If the saved man does a good thing in the future, you brought that good thing about by your action.&nbsp; But if he does evil, you also brought that about.&nbsp; The point here is that both action and inaction have their consequences.So, if I turn the Held Assassin over to the authorities instead of CdG'ing him, am I responsible for the evil he will commit in the future?&nbsp; I feel like I have to weigh the possibilities carefully because there will be repercussions from my actions whichever I choose.But it seems that the meaning of the act follows from the intent of the one who does it.&nbsp; If I am a Paladin of Tyr why can't I simply judge the Assassin and execute him with a CdG while remaining LG?&nbsp; The Paladin does not kill for his own benefit, he looks at the Assassin as a proven force for evil which must be removed.&nbsp; And as a servant of Tyr, the Paladin is just the man to dispense justice in that form.&nbsp; Sure, you can concoct a nutty scenario where the Paladin is wrong, but for everyone one of those I can turn it around and add on something that makes him right.&nbsp; Like I said at the beginning, to not slay an evildoer carries as many repercussions as slaying him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gizzard, post: 872532, member: 527"] OK, let me head off in a different direction and see if it goes anywhere. ;-) There's an Asian philosophy which teaches that if you save a man's life you are responsible for him. His life would have ended at a certain point, but meddlesome ol' you stepped in and took an action that you cannot see the consequences of. If the saved man does a good thing in the future, you brought that good thing about by your action. But if he does evil, you also brought that about. The point here is that both action and inaction have their consequences. So, if I turn the Held Assassin over to the authorities instead of CdG'ing him, am I responsible for the evil he will commit in the future? I feel like I have to weigh the possibilities carefully because there will be repercussions from my actions whichever I choose. But it seems that the meaning of the act follows from the intent of the one who does it. If I am a Paladin of Tyr why can't I simply judge the Assassin and execute him with a CdG while remaining LG? The Paladin does not kill for his own benefit, he looks at the Assassin as a proven force for evil which must be removed. And as a servant of Tyr, the Paladin is just the man to dispense justice in that form. Sure, you can concoct a nutty scenario where the Paladin is wrong, but for everyone one of those I can turn it around and add on something that makes him right. Like I said at the beginning, to [I]not[/I] slay an evildoer carries as many repercussions as slaying him. [/QUOTE]

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