pathfinder, alignment, worldbuilding, and moral philosophy
thinking about how alignment in pathfinder can be reconciled with my world view and the nature of the world I'm building with it....
is utilitarianism compatible with good alignment? is lawful inherently deontologic or can a lawful good person flip the trolley switch?
pathfinder, alignment, worldbuilding, and moral philosophy
it's not really at all important to reconcile a fictional morality system with my real world views, which I hope is obvious. but I'm building a fantasy world with the particular/immediate intent of being used in the pathfinder game that I'm running. I want to respect the mechanics, because that's something that's important to jade, who is one of the players...
pathfinder, alignment, worldbuilding, and moral philosophy; light structural spoilers for my players
angels are inherently good aligned, because that's a fundamentally elemental thing in the structure of pathfinder. but their aasimar descendents aren't, though that elemental touch does nudge them towards goodness.
but in my view, Good is different from good. stern commitment to good can be destructive. though it isn't inherently so, either.