The Unbeliever, Oblivion's moral issues Options

[DoomedOne]

So a tiny thing brought up in the main forums are the ideas of moral values.

In The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson the main character chooses not to accept this dream world as reality and therefore finds it okay to rape a young girl.

In the main forum this topic was slashed and flamed in all three threads it made an appearance because people did not understand the idea. It's simple, if you accept a world as fake, whether you realize you're dreaming, or you're in a video game, do the moral laws you would usually uphold yourself to still stand? Would you suddenly find it okay to exercise the most evil, atrocious side of your personality and find it pleasurable, to your character, at least, to murder and mutilate?

This question has a bigger purpose, but first I'd like some people's opinions on where they stand when it comes to morality and video games. If they created a video game where the suffering of your victims looked parallel to if you were performing the act in real life, would you still be able to go through with it?

This post has been edited by DoomedOne: Sep 8 2005, 12:37 AM

[Intestinal Chaos]

I find this topic very interesting. I have ponderded this exact point several times myself. A game in which only the depraved would be able to act as they do would be a very atrocious abomination to society though Personally the only reason we can act the way we do through talk and simulated play is because it is so unreal we just can't accept it as horribly disgustingly atrocious reality.

But enough of saying what you said back at you. Deep down in my core I'm actually a very caring person, I don't belive now matter how much I disliked someone I couldn't kill them, even if it is a dream. I have the most insane and sickened dreams I have heard from anyone, yet in none of them have I ever done something bad. Even though it is someone else doing something it's still all generated by my mind isn't it? And any victims or whatnot would still be me would it not? I'm trying to get to a point but my mind keeps shutting off. I'll make a better post later.

I don't even want to get on the philosophy that life is but a dream, I spent too long agonizing over wether it was true or not when I was younger.

This post has been edited by Intestinal Chaos: Sep 8 2005, 04:03 AM