Troll morality

From: Nils Weinander <niwe_at_ppvku.ericsson.se>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 17:26:26 +0200


David Cake:
>But they are absolutely capable of deciding that they perhaps
>shouldn't eat something because it is immoral or not very sensible.

Wouldn't that decision from a troll depend rather on whether it's smart or stupid to eat the object rather than whether it's moral or immoral?

Eating that tasty looking young human over there is tempting, but not very smart since his aunt standing next to him is a Sword of Humakt with an iron broadsword at her side. Moral on the other hand, what's that?

Of course trolls can assess the results of their actions, but they are more interesting if their conclusions are based on something other than morality.


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