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<blockquote data-quote="The Sigil" data-source="post: 2042189" data-attributes="member: 2013">Should have clarified that, but I was in a hurry.&nbsp; For the sake of my four points above, replace &quot;anything&quot; with &quot;creatures with an Intelligence score greater than 2&quot; (i.e., above animal intelligence).&nbsp; Add also a fifth point:5.) If the &quot;killer&quot; is a neutral creature with an intelligence score of 2 or less, killing is not an evil act (as I will submit that to commit an evil act, the actor must be capable of making moral judgments; an actor falling under exemption 5 cannot commit evil as it lacks the ability to make moral judgments, thus its actions, while &quot;destructive&quot; are not evil - and yes, that includes people whose intelligence is so impaired as to be below even the lowest &quot;normal range&quot; - frex, those suffering from severe brain damage).And a sixth point:6.) Killing a neutral creature with an intelligence score less than or equal to 2 (i.e., creatures not covered as &quot;anything&quot; by points 1-4 above) is an evil act if not done for the purpose of self-defense or for using some portion of the creature to physically/materially benefit oneself or others in a direct manner OR if the method chosen for such a killing is chosen primarily on the basis of its ability to inflict significant amounts of suffering on the creature before allowing it to die - i.e., killing for food or pelts is fine, killing for pleasure is not.--The Sigil</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Sigil, post: 2042189, member: 2013"] Should have clarified that, but I was in a hurry. For the sake of my four points above, replace "anything" with "creatures with an Intelligence score greater than 2" (i.e., above animal intelligence). Add also a fifth point: 5.) If the "killer" is a neutral creature with an intelligence score of 2 or less, killing is not an evil act (as I will submit that to commit an evil act, the actor must be capable of making moral judgments; an actor falling under exemption 5 cannot commit evil as it lacks the ability to make moral judgments, thus its actions, while "destructive" are not evil - and yes, that includes people whose intelligence is so impaired as to be below even the lowest "normal range" - frex, those suffering from severe brain damage). And a sixth point: 6.) Killing a neutral creature with an intelligence score less than or equal to 2 (i.e., creatures not covered as "anything" by points 1-4 above) is an evil act if not done for the purpose of self-defense or for using some portion of the creature to physically/materially benefit oneself or others in a direct manner OR if the method chosen for such a killing is chosen primarily on the basis of its ability to inflict significant amounts of suffering on the creature before allowing it to die - i.e., killing for food or pelts is fine, killing for pleasure is not. --The Sigil [/QUOTE]

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