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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 1754682" data-attributes="member: 19675">This is basically the magical principle of contagion, usually as a result of the residue of evil magic (like a curse) being done. With contagion, the THING isn't evil in and of itself, but rather it has been exposed to so much evil that it has become tainted, as if it were dyed.  This changes for things like artifacts and such that are able to have egos or may even contain bound demons or spirits.Contagion again.  The plane cannot act in an evil fashion, but it seems evil because it has contained evil.  Thus, the plane IS evil because evil creatures live there.The BoED/BoVD example you posted is still about a choice.  The person who acted thus is evil if he killed someone without taking steps to acertain the veracity of the statement "This person is a demon;" he chose not to try to determine the truth of the statement before comitting a violent act based on the statement.  He is not evil because he killed someone, but rather because he was lazy and uncaring about whether the person actually was demonic.  This is a classic "sin of omission," or sloth in another form.  As you posited, there were steps the person could have taken to figure out whether that person was a demon, but instead of expending a little effort, simply accepted the gossip as gospel.  The value the killer placed on human life (besides his own) was so small that mere innuendo caused him to violate a basic cultural taboo against killing.If that person had reason to believe that his killer was a demon, and had no way of ascertaining the truth, the question is much murkier.  Was he in fear of imminent harm from his victim?  No?  Lean towards evil.  Yes?  Lean towards good.</blockquote>

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