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Message: <blockquote data-quote="VelvetViolet" data-source="post: 6280662" data-attributes="member: 6686357">My point is, not every society with the institution of slavery is going to be evil gits that abuse their slaves, because the crux of the argument is the suffering of the slaves (which is most of the reason it's considered evil, and less because they aren't being paid). The lawful neutral alignment, being midway between good and evil, would permit the use of slaves (which is not good) but not their abuse (which is evil). Domestic animals are technically slaves, but it's considered horrifically evil to abuse them even though they're not people. It stands to reason that a society could exist where intelligent beings can be slaves and yet are still treated with dignity. A society where labor is performed by (cheap) constructs or undead would free slaves from having to perform back-breaking labor (aside from maintaining the workers). In such a society, slaves could be considered a sign of prestige, since the owner is shown to be rich enough to provide for their needs in addition to his own. Heck, the slaves might be allowed to enter government/military positions and own their own slaves if you want to get even more ambiguous.With enough thought put into the execution, I don't think it's impossible to create a system of slavery that is morally grey.</blockquote>