"But I didn't do anything!" - Falling to Evil without taking actions?

[RexDart]

Depends if “ignoring a cry for help from a suffering innocent person in need” counts as an evil action according to your DM.

But alignment issues have no winners in the internet. Talk to your DM is the only way through this thicket that I can see.

Heh. I totally agree.

Broadly, I'd say as a philosophical matter, inaction (especially for individuals or groups with great power) is also a choice. {Scrubbed}

But in the real world, people and countries don't have a bit "G" "N" or "E" symbol flashing over their heads, and as a matter of gaming, I have trouble seeing much benefit to modeling this sort of philosophical "backsliding into evil" principle in a role-playing game.