Quote Originally Posted by Jason View Post
The game is written by modern people, you know. The modern attitudes towards gender roles in all versions of D&D are perhaps the most obvious anachronisms, but modern morality probably runs a close second.

Evil people are evil, sure, but modern monotheistic morality, if I may use the term, has always maintained that evil behavior cannot actually make anyone happy. Any evil person who thinks they are happy doing evil is fooling themself. They might get a momentary thrill from doing evil acts, but it is not lasting happiness and only makes them more miserable afterward. Insert your own drug addiction analogy here.
But what of people who unknowingly benefit from evil deeds and what happens when they become aware of the truth? We’ve got everyone’s least favorite Omelas to consider.

Or to flip the context, deeds presumed evil that are actually good. Maybe too much of a tangent.