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<blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 7815949" data-attributes="member: 6795602"><p>Try what and fail? I think context is important here. Try to gather more information to determine if this is a no win-scenario or try to win the scenario.</p><p></p><p>In the first case failing that goal is fine as it's either going to leave other options on the table or it's going to push the situation closer to a no-win scenario. In either case the necessary information regarding the scenario will be had in order to justify the paladins actions.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Never. You keep trying to validate it as a no-win scenario until you've either reasonably validated it at as one or you find the winning solution.</p><p></p><p>An example of reasonable certainty that it's a no win scenario - the dragon starts a countdown and the countdown is right at expiring. The dragon noticeably gets more agitated when you respond with more talk than answering it's question, indicating that some unknown amount of talk will trigger the dragon to just kill you both.</p><p></p><p>Any of these outcomes would have reasonably validated the scenario as no-win (or at least as only having a rabit out of a hat style solution). It's at that step when acting for the greater good is desirable IMO.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think you are not fully understanding what validation that it's a no-win scenario looks like. As long as that validation isn't there then it's not moral to do otherwise immoral acts just because you think a scenario might be no-win. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't think this section deserves a response.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sounds like a good example so far.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Agreed. He still needs to reasonably validate it's a no-win scenario first. </p><p></p><p>The what-if scenario you appear to be fixated on is: "attempting to validate the situation as no-win is an action that could trigger the dragon to outright kill everyone." That's possible yes. So let me address that.</p><p></p><p>There are two important factors to morality, what did you do and what you know. Since there would be know way to know or validate that our attempt to validate the situation as no-win then doing so would not be immoral even if it resulted in the death of you and the NPC. </p><p></p><p>Also, speaking of validation, the paladin hadn't even validated that the dragon would actually let him live after giving him the NPC. If the Paladin had given the dragon the man and if the dragon came back and ate the Paladin as well, would we really be saying the Paladin did the most moral thing? The important point is that this was a real possibility and a possibility that weighs heavily in the attempt to reasonable validate the situation before acting.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not sure what being heroic has to do with being moral. There's surely some overlap, but not</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrogReaver, post: 7815949, member: 6795602"] Try what and fail? I think context is important here. Try to gather more information to determine if this is a no win-scenario or try to win the scenario. In the first case failing that goal is fine as it's either going to leave other options on the table or it's going to push the situation closer to a no-win scenario. In either case the necessary information regarding the scenario will be had in order to justify the paladins actions. Never. You keep trying to validate it as a no-win scenario until you've either reasonably validated it at as one or you find the winning solution. An example of reasonable certainty that it's a no win scenario - the dragon starts a countdown and the countdown is right at expiring. The dragon noticeably gets more agitated when you respond with more talk than answering it's question, indicating that some unknown amount of talk will trigger the dragon to just kill you both. Any of these outcomes would have reasonably validated the scenario as no-win (or at least as only having a rabit out of a hat style solution). It's at that step when acting for the greater good is desirable IMO. I think you are not fully understanding what validation that it's a no-win scenario looks like. As long as that validation isn't there then it's not moral to do otherwise immoral acts just because you think a scenario might be no-win. I don't think this section deserves a response. Sounds like a good example so far. Agreed. He still needs to reasonably validate it's a no-win scenario first. The what-if scenario you appear to be fixated on is: "attempting to validate the situation as no-win is an action that could trigger the dragon to outright kill everyone." That's possible yes. So let me address that. There are two important factors to morality, what did you do and what you know. Since there would be know way to know or validate that our attempt to validate the situation as no-win then doing so would not be immoral even if it resulted in the death of you and the NPC. Also, speaking of validation, the paladin hadn't even validated that the dragon would actually let him live after giving him the NPC. If the Paladin had given the dragon the man and if the dragon came back and ate the Paladin as well, would we really be saying the Paladin did the most moral thing? The important point is that this was a real possibility and a possibility that weighs heavily in the attempt to reasonable validate the situation before acting. I'm not sure what being heroic has to do with being moral. There's surely some overlap, but not [/QUOTE]
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