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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6113472" data-attributes="member: 42582">I don't want to break the board rules, so I'll be a bit circumspect in what follows: but basically, I'm having a really hard time making sense of this example.If the LG paladin of freedom, in your example, thinks tha the feudal society is horrible (presumably because of the suffering and indignity it reflects), then s/he must think that the paladin who upholds it is not acting properly - is even acting evilly! But, unless that paladin falls from grace, the LG paladin of freedom has sufficient evidence that the feudal paladin is not acting evilly, and hence that in fact the feudal system does not improperly inflict any suffering or indignity. Hence the LG paladin of freedom must infer that her own commitments are flawed, and redress them.So I don't see how the conflict between the two can last more than a round or two. One or the other will quickly learn what &quot;good&quot; really permits and requires.(This is another example of why I don't like alignment rules: the debate you set up is quite an interesting one, but the alignment rules leave no room for it.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 6113472, member: 42582"] I don't want to break the board rules, so I'll be a bit circumspect in what follows: but basically, I'm having a really hard time making sense of this example. If the LG paladin of freedom, in your example, thinks tha the feudal society is horrible (presumably because of the suffering and indignity it reflects), then s/he must think that the paladin who upholds it is not acting properly - is even acting evilly! But, unless that paladin falls from grace, the LG paladin of freedom has sufficient evidence that the feudal paladin is not acting evilly, and hence that in fact the feudal system does not improperly inflict any suffering or indignity. Hence the LG paladin of freedom must infer that her own commitments are flawed, and redress them. So I don't see how the conflict between the two can last more than a round or two. One or the other will quickly learn what "good" really permits and requires. (This is another example of why I don't like alignment rules: the debate you set up is quite an interesting one, but the alignment rules leave no room for it.) [/QUOTE]

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