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Pintsize: Good is not necessarily nice.
Is it cold in here?:
Didn't Spookybot say it was a "principle" for them?
We never saw them lie, did we? So it might really be a matter of principle to them.
awgiedawgie:
They did say that it was one of the moral principles to which they adhere. They may not have many, but sanctity of mind is one of them. I reason that they find it distasteful because they consider it immoral.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Undrneath on 22 May 2018, 07:26 ---So what you are saying is that he is altruistically an asshole.
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I'd say a very niche subtype of the Gadfly (TV Tropes link).
Dandi Andi:
--- Quote from: awgiedawgie on 23 May 2018, 23:32 ---They did say that it was one of the moral principles to which they adhere. They may not have many, but sanctity of mind is one of them. I reason that they find it distasteful because they consider it immoral.
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Yes, but why? Why would that be the one? Most morality (that isn't presumed to be divine diktat) is the product of self interest. We find murder repulsive because we want to not be murdered. We oppose theft because we want to not be stolen from. When we see the benefit of living in a society that does not permit its members to murder and steal, we adopt those principles. Granted, there is a lot of pro-social behavior that is hard wired into our brains; sympathetic neurons that imagine ourselves in other people's situations and such, but those mechanisms arise because altruism is compatible with self interest.
Carl-E:
Sounds like Spookybot (and I preferred the term Eminence Grey when they were introduced) is actually Lawful, not chaotic. Carefully controlled, and deeply principled.
Probably Neutral, but definitely Lawful.
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