Quote Originally Posted by Gryndle View Post
I think this is an oversimplification. there is a pretty large gap between evil action vs what defines an evil/neutral/good person. Where we do seem to agree is on the point that torture is an evil act.
Under normal circumstances a good person wouldn't consider torture an option, and a good person certainly wouldn't make a habit or career of it.
But under unique and desperate circumstances a normally objectively "good" person might cross lines they would normally consider abhorrent. That doesn't make them evil, or neutral. That just makes them desperate.

torture and alignment discussions are always an unpredictable can of worms, but the thing is there are few actions and few people (if any at all) that can be judged as absolutes. good/evil/neutral are concepts that are often subjective-based on perspective, circumstances and personal bias or belief. Trying to tie the complexities of real world morality to the simplistic concepts of in-game alignment is an exercise in futility
I agree it's not a debate that could go anywhere, let's just lable torture as an evil act, rather than labeling characters.

Not all evil acts are performed by evil characters only, and not all good acts are performed by good characters only, which is the reason for which alignment issues can be so entertaining