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<blockquote data-quote="ppaladin123" data-source="post: 4701781" data-attributes="member: 60923">Yeah, if I was forced to stuff him in one of these inadequate boxes I think I'd put him in the lawful neutral box. I think he views himself as a servant of some higher justice, one that the authority figures seem to have forgotten.So here is a question. Say I follow the dictates of my conscience. In doing so I evaluate my actions based on how they conform to to some external code I learned and have internalized.Am I chaotic only in as much as I stubbornly maintain that I can, for myself, adequately judge whether I am adhering to that code? Am I only lawful if I allow others' interpretations of that code and my actions to help determine whether I am in accordance with it? I am still chaotic if I maintain that I am the final judge of my adherence but admit to my shortcomings when they are pointed out by others?I think of this as the Martin Luther question. Was Luther chaotic for maintaining that the church authorities were incorrect in their interpretation of scripture (i.e. he relied on his own instincts/conscience/reason rather than on their judgment) and rebelling against them? Or, was he lawful because he was a firm believer in a objective higher law, and, as a servant of that law, attempted to correct the inconsistency?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ppaladin123, post: 4701781, member: 60923"] Yeah, if I was forced to stuff him in one of these inadequate boxes I think I'd put him in the lawful neutral box. I think he views himself as a servant of some higher justice, one that the authority figures seem to have forgotten. So here is a question. Say I follow the dictates of my conscience. In doing so I evaluate my actions based on how they conform to to some external code I learned and have internalized. Am I chaotic only in as much as I stubbornly maintain that I can, for myself, adequately judge whether I am adhering to that code? Am I only lawful if I allow others' interpretations of that code and my actions to help determine whether I am in accordance with it? I am still chaotic if I maintain that I am the final judge of my adherence but admit to my shortcomings when they are pointed out by others? I think of this as the Martin Luther question. Was Luther chaotic for maintaining that the church authorities were incorrect in their interpretation of scripture (i.e. he relied on his own instincts/conscience/reason rather than on their judgment) and rebelling against them? Or, was he lawful because he was a firm believer in a objective higher law, and, as a servant of that law, attempted to correct the inconsistency? [/QUOTE]

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