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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson Longinus" data-source="post: 9223563" data-attributes="member: 7025508">I agree it is about intentionality.That's a meaningless tautology.Not necessarily. In culture where necromancy was not seen as evil people might consent to being raised. Furthermore, whilst I think that utilising one's corpse without their consent is morally questionable, I don't think it is a massive sin. I just recently visited a museum which displayed remains of long dead people. They had not consented to this. Which I admitted is a drawback. Though like I said, not a genuine one unless someone was going to raise the person in the first place, which in most cases is not in the cards. Furthermore, some powerful magic can still resurrect them, and destruction of the body has similar drawbacks.Only if the undead are sapient creatures. Which most of them aren't.Well, better not lose control then. Sure it is somewhat risky, but people exaggerate how much. Getting back to the intentionality. The crazy evoker magic missiles town guards to death and then fireballs the orphanage which they were guarding, and then runs away, laughing maniacally. A friendly necromancer happens to pass by, and decides to raise the dead guards as zombies, that rescue the orphans from the burning building. After this is done, the necromancer disposes of the zombies.Do you think what the necromancer did here was evil? Would it have been more moral to let the orphans burn to death?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson Longinus, post: 9223563, member: 7025508"] I agree it is about intentionality. That's a meaningless tautology. Not necessarily. In culture where necromancy was not seen as evil people might consent to being raised. Furthermore, whilst I think that utilising one's corpse without their consent is morally questionable, I don't think it is a massive sin. I just recently visited a museum which displayed remains of long dead people. They had not consented to this. Which I admitted is a drawback. Though like I said, not a genuine one unless someone was going to raise the person in the first place, which in most cases is not in the cards. Furthermore, some powerful magic can still resurrect them, and destruction of the body has similar drawbacks. Only if the undead are sapient creatures. Which most of them aren't. Well, better not lose control then. Sure it is somewhat risky, but people exaggerate how much. Getting back to the intentionality. The crazy evoker magic missiles town guards to death and then fireballs the orphanage which they were guarding, and then runs away, laughing maniacally. A friendly necromancer happens to pass by, and decides to raise the dead guards as zombies, that rescue the orphans from the burning building. After this is done, the necromancer disposes of the zombies. Do you think what the necromancer did here was evil? Would it have been more moral to let the orphans burn to death? [/QUOTE]

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