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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 2788649" data-attributes="member: 3424">I'm going to address the issue indirectly, using the example of slavery, in case my daughter manages to google this thread and decides to take my remarks out of context at some future date.There are institutions in the real world that almost always result in evil. Prostitution and slavery are perhaps the two most often cited examples.However, in the make-believe world of D&D, the DM can put in all kinds of circumstances and conditions, so much so that a paladin could involve himself with either of these institutions without losing his powers.For example, a DM could create a society that practises an idealized form of slavery that is no different from any other economic transaction. The potential slave commits to providing services to an owner for an upfront payment (to pay off a debt, for example). There are ways to ensure that both parties enter into the transaction of their own free will. There are ways to ensure that the owner treats the slave well, and does not abuse him in any way. There may even be ways for a slave to buy himself out of slavery and regain his freedom.  Under such circumstances, a paladin may not find anything wrong with the institution and may even own slaves himself.Just because it never works in the real world, doesn't mean that it can never work in the worlds we imagine.</blockquote>