Haha, the thing is, I was raised partly on D&D, which was my first source of a metaethical theory, and there, at least in theory, much of alignment is defined by intentions (at least, that’s how I read it in my teenage years). Then again, I might have twisted that a bit to conform to my own beliefs. Either way, I grew up believing that e.g. a witch who has never actually hurt anyone personally but helps an evil tribe and would betray marauding “heroes” to them can indeed be “Lawful Evil”, and, consequentially, a con artist who’s sensitive, guilt-ridden and helps the poor sometimes can indeed be “Chaotic Good” (Oskar Schindler—the real one, not Spielberg’s flat copy—is a hero for me, his case feels incredibly heart-warming). It’s a carticature of my actual feelings, of course, but nonetheless I’m attracted to what is derisively called comic-book morality; I find it, at the very least, better for society than e.g. “rational egoism” informed with Hansonian theory.
Haha, the thing is, I was raised partly on D&D, which was my first source of a metaethical theory, and there, at least in theory, much of alignment is defined by intentions (at least, that’s how I read it in my teenage years). Then again, I might have twisted that a bit to conform to my own beliefs. Either way, I grew up believing that e.g. a witch who has never actually hurt anyone personally but helps an evil tribe and would betray marauding “heroes” to them can indeed be “Lawful Evil”, and, consequentially, a con artist who’s sensitive, guilt-ridden and helps the poor sometimes can indeed be “Chaotic Good” (Oskar Schindler—the real one, not Spielberg’s flat copy—is a hero for me, his case feels incredibly heart-warming). It’s a carticature of my actual feelings, of course, but nonetheless I’m attracted to what is derisively called comic-book morality; I find it, at the very least, better for society than e.g. “rational egoism” informed with Hansonian theory.