But, is the use of evil measures in order to defeat evil still an evil act? The ends justify the means has long been the catch phrase for people who do unethical things to achieve a moralistic or positive result.... So, the use of evil magic or deeds may not instantly be evil in and of itself.<br/><br/>Example. Robinhood stole from the rich (an immoral act) and gave to the poor (a positive result) while fightng the evil ambitions of Prince John by ambush, rebelion and theivery (evil acts) to support King Richards rightful place on the throne (A just and right end)... oh, and tempted a virtous lady to immoral acts in his schemes and thereby soiling her reputation that is only partually redeemed with her marriage to a rogue and scandrel.<br/><br/>A slightly more contemporary situation could be the act of drafting young men into a military and dropped into a hostile land to fight a war that wasn't theirs, commit muders and atrosities against non-military personel and ultimately "lose" some 50,000 men to the enemy that remains unaccounted for. Evil acts done for the greater good?<br/><br/>Next example, a team of men are flown into the sovergn lands of a friendly country, without notice tocommit murder on less trained and equipped men, women and children for the purpose of killing an old man. Evil acts that result in good winning over evil?<br/><br/>At some point, every person in the world, every charcter in a game must reach a moment of crisis that defines how they will view both themselves and what they have done to date and the results. Did the ends justify the ends, or did it just make him/her feel better at the time? After this point, does the belief of the use of evil for the purposes of good become more acceptible, or lke a plague that must be cut out with a dull spoon?<br/><br/>We could go around and around for weeeks and still not reach anything in the same realm of agreement on what is and is not evil and at what point does evil become acceptible for the furtherance of good.<br/><br/>I don't even think that Paladins see the world in black and white through out their lives, but as shades of gray.There isn't a ight or wrong at that point, only what furthers whatever right you can manage.