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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2553596" data-attributes="member: 707">No, it would not.&nbsp; Delivering the goblin children into the hands of a group that will only ensure that they grow up to be evil goblins is unacceptible.&nbsp; Indeed, I'd consider it irresponsible, since you're guaranteeing that those children will become future raiders, doing their best to kill human farmers and shepherds.It's absolutely an issue.&nbsp; It comes back to, &quot;what the heck is the paladin going to do with these children?&quot;&nbsp; If he can't find a group of goblins who aren't evil to take them in, what would your answer to this question be?&nbsp; Apparently, it's &quot;turn them over to other evil goblins, and hope that they turn out to be like Drizz't.&quot;&nbsp; :\ Did you read my response to another poster upthread?&nbsp; I've amended my statement regarding your point about moral relativism, somewhat.&nbsp; I'm not going to argue the &quot;Just War&quot; theory, because in the real world all morality is relative.&nbsp; But I do admit that in the D&amp;D world, the &quot;Just War&quot; theory can be morally absolute, if the DM so decides.I'm not going to discuss all of your examples, because I find them beside the point.&nbsp; But this one I think is important.&nbsp; Note that your example mentions &quot;negligence&quot; with regards to the lesser charge of Manslaughter.&nbsp; Are you arguing that if one kills the parents of small children, then leaves those children to die, that's merely negligence on the part of the killer?&nbsp; I think you'd find that any competent DA could make a fairly good case for murder, under those circumstances.&nbsp; And that's what I'm arguing.&nbsp; If you kill the parents, you're killing the children.&nbsp; Doing it by leaving them in the house to die of starvation is not less morally reprehensible than quickly knifing them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 2553596, member: 707"] No, it would [i]not[/i]. Delivering the goblin children into the hands of a group that will only ensure that they grow up to be evil goblins is unacceptible. Indeed, I'd consider it irresponsible, since you're guaranteeing that those children will become future raiders, doing their best to kill human farmers and shepherds.It's absolutely an issue. It comes back to, "what the heck is the paladin going to do with these children?" If he can't find a group of goblins who aren't evil to take them in, what would your answer to this question be? Apparently, it's "turn them over to other evil goblins, and hope that they turn out to be like Drizz't." :\ Did you read my response to another poster upthread? I've amended my statement regarding your point about moral relativism, somewhat. I'm not going to argue the "Just War" theory, because in the real world all morality is relative. But I do admit that in the [i]D&D world[/i], the "Just War" theory [i]can[/i] be morally absolute, if the DM so decides.I'm not going to discuss all of your examples, because I find them beside the point. But this one I think is important. Note that your example mentions "negligence" with regards to the lesser charge of Manslaughter. Are you arguing that if one kills the parents of small children, then leaves those children to die, that's merely [i]negligence[/i] on the part of the killer? I think you'd find that any competent DA could make a fairly good case for murder, under those circumstances. And that's what I'm arguing. If you kill the parents, you're killing the children. Doing it by leaving them in the house to die of starvation is [i]not[/i] less morally reprehensible than quickly knifing them. [/QUOTE]

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