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<blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 2770252" data-attributes="member: 53">Keith Baker had an example with this in regards to some question or another about paladins detecting evil (I thought it might have been in a Dragonshard, but I don't see it).IIRC, it went something like:&nbsp; A paladin walks into a bar and detects evil.&nbsp; The bartender isn't a very nice person.&nbsp; He thinks about killing his wife, but knows that he won't get away with doing it.&nbsp; Since getting caught isn't on his agenda, he doesn't actually do it.&nbsp; However, he thinks about it often.&nbsp; Indeed, someday he might do it, if he thinks he can do it without getting caught.&nbsp; So, he detects as evil.Lots of people are in this situation.&nbsp; Their general beliefs are enough to make them evil, but they actually haven't done anything (or at least anything significant) expressing those beliefs.&nbsp; You can't go around killing everyone whose moral basis is evil, just because of their beliefs (well, you could, but there would be major consequences).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glyfair, post: 2770252, member: 53"] Keith Baker had an example with this in regards to some question or another about paladins detecting evil (I thought it might have been in a Dragonshard, but I don't see it). IIRC, it went something like: A paladin walks into a bar and detects evil. The bartender isn't a very nice person. He thinks about killing his wife, but knows that he won't get away with doing it. Since getting caught isn't on his agenda, he doesn't actually do it. However, he [I]thinks[/I] about it often. Indeed, someday he might do it, if he thinks he can do it without getting caught. So, he detects as evil. Lots of people are in this situation. Their general beliefs are enough to make them evil, but they actually haven't done anything (or at least anything significant) expressing those beliefs. You can't go around killing everyone whose moral basis is evil, just because of their beliefs (well, you could, but there would be major consequences). [/QUOTE]

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