Neodis: Addendum: Alignments - Sun Aug 25 05:40:11 2002 I have gotten actual constructive feedback on this note and have been asked to make a correction. As I’m about as unwilling to touch that monster again as Lord Tynian was to read it I will post here a follow up instead. It’s not a correction though, it’s an expansion on the ideas that I had discussed beforehand. We all know that to determine your alignment we must judge your intentions. We also know that the model provided allowed for good and evil and a balance of good and evil which we called Neutral. Lanfear approached me and asked me about those who did not recognize good and evil. It was her belief that it is possible to come across an intention that was neither good nor evil. The trick here is that the intention is most likely the result of several other intentions. In this case we can form a motive and use that as the basis for judgment of the final intention. She gave me an example and I’ll use it here. If Lanfear intends to kiss me, she wants to know if this is a good intention or evil. Well it’s subjective. I jumped and of course said it was good but that’s from my perspective. Her intention to kiss me as far as I’m concerned is good, but for every other male in the realm I’m sure it appears as evil. As no intention can be neutral itself we have an issue here. So what’s Lanfear's motive behind kissing me? If she wants to kiss me because she likes me well then one might say that it’s a good intention. If she wants to kiss me to make everyone else jealous well you might call that evil. Now to contradict that. The alignment we are referring to here is called perceptive alignment and it will change from person to person, the judgment of intentions is very subjective. This alignment refers directly to the alignment that each of us perceives another to be. In the above example I see Lanfear as good, whilst others perceive her as evil. How she treats each of us in the future will form the basis of her alignment as seen by each individual. We have another alignment in our realm. It’s the objective alignment and is determined to be that of the God that we follow. As Dictated by Lord Tynian. It is possibly the only objective judgment of any intention anywhere. Lanfear also wished to know about those who have no concept of good and evil or those who simply do not care about it. This is easy to respond to. Just because you can’t see the air doesn’t mean you’ll suffocate. The subjective model uses commonly understood concepts of good and evil based on the best interpretation of the absolutes. If you have difficulty in making judgments you can always ask someone. If you simply do not wish to tag a judgment onto an intention then none of this should really concern you. Please note that I am not going to judge every intention someone brings me because they think they can outsmart me. Lanfear had something really constructive to contribute and I really appreciate her point of view. If you have any questions or would like something cleared up feel free to ask. Kind regards |