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<blockquote data-quote="Savin" data-source="post: 323654" data-attributes="member: 6"><p>That's a component of empathy, not the totality of it. But you're right -- a lack of empathy <em>does not make someone evil</em>, nor does having empathy necessarily safeguard one from being evil. And I hope, as the game progresses, that we'll see some genuinely not-evil demons that don't let their lack of empathy necessarily turn them into monsters... and we've already seen people <em>capable</em> of empathic understanding commit evil. Tollus, Alissa, Arona.</p><p></p><p>Now, when writing for demons I often keep this quote in mind:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>However</em>, I don't think it's necessarily <em>that simple</em>. We were just talking about this on our Discord this morning, actually, so I'll just copy over some of that discussion with regards to my thoughts on the matter:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Empathy is probably the strongest instinctive safeguard we have against random anti-social behaviors, but lacking it isn't an <em>excuse</em> for being evil, nor the <em>reason</em> for the behavior -- it <em>is</em> the reason many demons <em>don't stop themselves </em>from whatever evil bullshit they want to get up to. They have things they are compelled to do (usually <strong><em>I WANT TO MAKE FUCK</em></strong>) and they no longer have their strongest safeguard in place to prevent them from doing <em>anything</em> to get that fix. That's a dangerous combination. But clearly some demons <em>are</em> capable of maintaining self control: we see that with Kasyrra refraining from at any point forcing herself on the PC when that would <em>surely</em> expedite her plans. Whether that's moral philosophy at work or pragmatism I'll leave to your interpretations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Savin, post: 323654, member: 6"] That's a component of empathy, not the totality of it. But you're right -- a lack of empathy [I]does not make someone evil[/I], nor does having empathy necessarily safeguard one from being evil. And I hope, as the game progresses, that we'll see some genuinely not-evil demons that don't let their lack of empathy necessarily turn them into monsters... and we've already seen people [I]capable[/I] of empathic understanding commit evil. Tollus, Alissa, Arona. Now, when writing for demons I often keep this quote in mind: [I]However[/I], I don't think it's necessarily [I]that simple[/I]. We were just talking about this on our Discord this morning, actually, so I'll just copy over some of that discussion with regards to my thoughts on the matter: Empathy is probably the strongest instinctive safeguard we have against random anti-social behaviors, but lacking it isn't an [I]excuse[/I] for being evil, nor the [I]reason[/I] for the behavior -- it [I]is[/I] the reason many demons [I]don't stop themselves [/I]from whatever evil bullshit they want to get up to. They have things they are compelled to do (usually [B][I]I WANT TO MAKE FUCK[/I][/B]) and they no longer have their strongest safeguard in place to prevent them from doing [I]anything[/I] to get that fix. That's a dangerous combination. But clearly some demons [I]are[/I] capable of maintaining self control: we see that with Kasyrra refraining from at any point forcing herself on the PC when that would [I]surely[/I] expedite her plans. Whether that's moral philosophy at work or pragmatism I'll leave to your interpretations. [/QUOTE]
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