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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 4918834" data-attributes="member: 3424">Self-sacrifice is good. Whether the unwilling should be forced to sacrifice for "the greater good" is the basis for many moral dilemmas (Would you kill a relatively innocent man to save two other relatively innocent men? What about five? Ten? Fifty? One hundred? See also: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas" target="_blank">The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas</a>)It really depends on the situation. What would be gained if the people were informed? If the information could help them, then withholding the information is not good. If the information would not help them, then perhaps withholding it may indeed be the good thing to do.As for the other issue, it is not so much teaching people to accept their place as it is showing them what is the best place for them in society as a whole. Ideally, of course, this will also be where they are happiest. If not, we go back to the question of whether, and if so, how much, the unwilling should be made to sacrifice for the greater good.My own personal view is that a Lawful Good society would not accept something simply because it is Lawful (or for that matter, simply because it is Good). Sacrificing the minority for the good of the majority may well be a Lawful concept, but in order for it to be Good as well, the sacrifice ought to be made willingly.</blockquote>