Quote Originally Posted by rbetieh View Post
Well you might both be right. If it was saving a child from an evil parent and de-financing the evil parents evil scheme of evilness, I think the Paladin has to act. Then there is the 'Destined child' scenario where if you accept that an LG character can act in defense of "The greater good" instead of "good itself" may be enough to allow the action to happen. (I am totally playing devils advocate right now, playing a Pally is the one class where you pretty much have to negotiate with the DM ahead of time on how to play him, and if you dont agree on a moral code, you just cannot do it).
Yes, clearly there are situations where doing so can be a good thing - in fact, for all we know, this might be one of them.