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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 1116025" data-attributes="member: 463"><p>From BoEF preview:</p><p></p><p>"LAWFUL GOOD</p><p></p><p>A lawful good character acts with thought, looking ahead to the implications of his actions. He earnestly endeavors to be honest and respectful with any potential partner. Some choose to be celibate or chaste. Others wait for sex until a permanent relationship, such as a marriage, is formalized. </p><p></p><p>A lawful good alignment does not prohibit sex outside of marriage. It just means that the character must clearly communicate what he is offering and what he expects from his partner. Are they intending to spend just one night of passion together with no obligations? Are they beginning an ongoing relationship with commitments excluding other partners? What happens if a partner conceives? Even paladins can have robust, varied sex lives, but they need to come to clear terms with their lovers in advance."</p><p></p><p>- This seems to say that you can be both sexually promiscuous and LG (perhaps a Paladin). I was trying to think whether this was justifiable in terms of any real-life societies I could think of. Off-hand all I can think of is the modern (Next Generation on, especially) Star Trek series' depictions of their characters and the normative values placed on their love lives - ie many characters are presented as to my mind 'lawful', 'good' and fairly promiscuous, in conformance with the BoEF text above. I suspect the way that both the BoEF and Star Trek are the products of modern west-coast-USA culture may have something to do with this congruence.</p><p></p><p>Other literary/fictional examples elude me - in 'Brave New World' the highly promiscuous society might seem 'lawful' and 'good' in some sense, but the author Aldous Huxley clearly disapproves of it.</p><p>I was wondering if there are other examples of LG sexual mores that could be related to an RPG, or if people disagree with what I see as the scriptwriters' characterisation of Star Trek mores?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 1116025, member: 463"] From BoEF preview: "LAWFUL GOOD A lawful good character acts with thought, looking ahead to the implications of his actions. He earnestly endeavors to be honest and respectful with any potential partner. Some choose to be celibate or chaste. Others wait for sex until a permanent relationship, such as a marriage, is formalized. A lawful good alignment does not prohibit sex outside of marriage. It just means that the character must clearly communicate what he is offering and what he expects from his partner. Are they intending to spend just one night of passion together with no obligations? Are they beginning an ongoing relationship with commitments excluding other partners? What happens if a partner conceives? Even paladins can have robust, varied sex lives, but they need to come to clear terms with their lovers in advance." - This seems to say that you can be both sexually promiscuous and LG (perhaps a Paladin). I was trying to think whether this was justifiable in terms of any real-life societies I could think of. Off-hand all I can think of is the modern (Next Generation on, especially) Star Trek series' depictions of their characters and the normative values placed on their love lives - ie many characters are presented as to my mind 'lawful', 'good' and fairly promiscuous, in conformance with the BoEF text above. I suspect the way that both the BoEF and Star Trek are the products of modern west-coast-USA culture may have something to do with this congruence. Other literary/fictional examples elude me - in 'Brave New World' the highly promiscuous society might seem 'lawful' and 'good' in some sense, but the author Aldous Huxley clearly disapproves of it. I was wondering if there are other examples of LG sexual mores that could be related to an RPG, or if people disagree with what I see as the scriptwriters' characterisation of Star Trek mores? [/QUOTE]
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