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Moral conundrums
KrofGninut
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7/7/2014
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Hello Failbetter community!
When I play Fallen London, I try as much as possible to take actions that I personally would consider morally justifiable (basically, play as if I were really there making choices). Like for example, I refused to steal if I could help it, so grinding my shadowy skills were a bit of a challenge.
But everything is so mysterious that even with reading spoilers in the wiki, it is hard to really be certain if I'm in the right in some circumstances. You would think that the masters would have some kind of education (propaganda) system going, but they don't even make an effort to even paint a favorable image of their actions (I'm sure there would be fewer revolutionaries if they at least made an effort).
Seems very much like they like mystery for mystery's sake.
From what I do see, the masters are evil for the same reason governments are evil; they rely on coercion to extract taxes and get things done. But there remains tiny hints that the masters are holding in check something worse.
Is it moral to oppose the masters, or morally better to align with them?
Anyone have any thoughts (I'm sure plenty of people will disagree with my anarchist position, so let's focus on the morality of it, and what the moral choices would be for various situations).
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varinn
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7/7/2014
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When it comes down to brass tacks, in pure mortal human moral compass judgement? The Masters are pretty evil.
THAT SAID, that's thinking too narrow. There are forces at play here whose perspective is so divorced from ours that trying to quantify it in that way is useless. It's a tricky needle to thread.
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http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Varinner
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