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<blockquote data-quote="Nonlethal Force" data-source="post: 3672475" data-attributes="member: 35788">What I think we have emerging is something I predicted a few posts ago:&nbsp; The question is not how evil is the imp.&nbsp; The question is really concerning the morality of killing anything without proper cause and justification.To refer back to Hawken's earlier example, when a cop pulls someone over, they have a reason.&nbsp; Now, they might have been mistaken.&nbsp; For example, I heard of a man being chased by a cop for travelling 20 miles over the speed limit.&nbsp; It wasn't until they got to a stop light that the police officer was able to find out that the man was rushing his wife to a hospital because she had gone into labor 10 weeks too early.&nbsp; The baby was viable, but they had to act within that golden hour window.&nbsp; So, the cop decided to side on mercy and actually escorted the man to the hospital (actually to an ambulance that they met en route).&nbsp; There's an example where suspicion doesn't pan out.&nbsp; But I haven't ever heard a story where a cop pulled someone over without having suspicion at least.&nbsp; It may turn out unjustified, but the cops have at least suspicion, if not proof.The paladin who kills an imp just for being an imp and without observing the imp doing evil&nbsp; has no proof.&nbsp; Sure, the paladin has every right to be suspicious.&nbsp; But suspicion does not equal proof.&nbsp; The imp might be legitimate.&nbsp; The paladin might be able to see more good in allowing the imp to live (see RA's semi-contrived scenario above as an example).&nbsp; But to blatantly kill the imp just for being an imp does not make him good!The path of good in narrow, and it is easy to fall from paladinhood.&nbsp; In the OP's case, I still wouldn't say the paladin fell, but the paladin sure wasn't acting &quot;good&quot; and especially not &quot;honorable.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nonlethal Force, post: 3672475, member: 35788"] What I think we have emerging is something I predicted a few posts ago: The question is not how evil is the imp. The question is really concerning the morality of killing anything without proper cause and justification. To refer back to Hawken's earlier example, when a cop pulls someone over, they have a reason. Now, they might have been mistaken. For example, I heard of a man being chased by a cop for travelling 20 miles over the speed limit. It wasn't until they got to a stop light that the police officer was able to find out that the man was rushing his wife to a hospital because she had gone into labor 10 weeks too early. The baby was viable, but they had to act within that golden hour window. So, the cop decided to side on mercy and actually escorted the man to the hospital (actually to an ambulance that they met en route). There's an example where suspicion doesn't pan out. But I haven't ever heard a story where a cop pulled someone over without having suspicion at least. It may turn out unjustified, but the cops have at least suspicion, if not proof. The paladin who kills an imp just for being an imp and without observing the imp doing evil has no proof. Sure, the paladin has every right to be suspicious. But suspicion does not equal proof. The imp might be legitimate. The paladin might be able to see more good in allowing the imp to live (see RA's semi-contrived scenario above as an example). But to blatantly kill the imp just for being an imp does not make him good! The path of good in narrow, and it is easy to fall from paladinhood. In the OP's case, I still wouldn't say the paladin fell, but the paladin sure wasn't acting "good" and especially not "honorable." [/QUOTE]

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