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Am I The Asshole for making a society that requires torture to survive?
Typical problems of consequentialist wizards

I (35+-5000, M?) am a wizard, specializing in necromancy, because that is a very useful and underutilized area of magic. I am very careful in my necromancy, and only cast spells in a way that doesn't leave necromantic residue that harms organic life. It's not hard, but most powerful necromancers don't care, which is part of the reason why they are hated.

Recently, i became one of the founders, and de facto leaders (we have a sort of triumvirate) of a city, and the society of that city, as result of unifying several local tribes.
I though a lot, and am sure that creating it was the right choice. It has better life, material conditions, slightly more freedom. It is less aggressive and fights less wars than the tribes did before. (Some of them were pacifists, and they still remain pacifists. That they can now survive being pacifists is also an achievement of the new society.)

The society still fights. Not all local tribes were unified. And there are enemies from the outside here, sometimes. We almost never attack first, accept surrenders, avoid pointless cruelty.
But we still have loses. And would have less if our army was stronger. In fact, our enemies would have smaller loses, because if we are more powerful, we can win while killing less of the enemy.

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Am I The Asshole for making a society that requires torture to survive?
Typical problems of consequentialist wizards

I (35+-5000, M?) am a wizard, specializing in necromancy, because that is a very useful and underutilized area of magic. I am very careful in my necromancy, and only cast spells in a way that doesn't leave necromantic residue that harms organic life. It's not hard, but most powerful necromancers don't care, which is part of the reason why they are hated.

Recently, i became one of the founders, and de facto leaders (we have a sort of triumvirate) of a city, and the society of that city, as result of unifying several local tribes.
I thought a lot, and am sure that creating it was the right choice. It has better life, material conditions, slightly more freedom. It is less aggressive and fights less wars than the tribes did before. (Some of them were pacifists, and they still remain pacifists. That they can now survive being pacifists is also an achievement of the new society.)

The society still fights. Not all local tribes were unified. And there are enemies from the outside here, sometimes. We almost never attack first, accept surrenders, avoid pointless cruelty.
But we still have loses. And would have less if our army was stronger. In fact, our enemies would have smaller loses, because if we are more powerful, we can win while killing less of the enemy.

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Am I The Asshole for making a society that requires torture to survive?
Typical problems of consequentialist wizards

I (35+-5000, M?) am a wizard, specializing in necromancy, because that is a very useful and underutilized area of magic. I am very careful in my necromancy, and only cast spells in a way that doesn't leave necromantic residue that harms organic life. It's not hard, but most powerful necromancers don't care, which is part of the reason why they are hated.

Recently, i became one of the founders, and de facto leaders (we have a sort of triumvirate) of a city, and the society of that city, as result of unifying several local tribes.
I thought a lot, and am sure that creating it was the right choice. It has better life, material conditions, slightly more freedom. It is less aggressive and fights less wars than the tribes did before. (Some of them were pacifists, and they still remain pacifists. That they can now survive being pacifists is also an achievement of the new society.)

The society still fights. Not all local tribes were unified. And there are enemies from the outside here, sometimes. We almost never attack first, accept surrenders, avoid pointless cruelty.
But we still have loses. And would have less if our army was stronger. In fact, our enemies would have smaller loses, because if we are more powerful, we can win while killing less of the enemy.

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Am I The Asshole for making a society that requires torture to survive? [Semi-Open]
Typical problems of consequentialist wizards

I (35+-5000, M?) am a wizard, specializing in necromancy, because that is a very useful and underutilized area of magic. I am very careful in my necromancy, and only cast spells in a way that doesn't leave necromantic residue that harms organic life. It's not hard, but most powerful necromancers don't care, which is part of the reason why they are hated.

Recently, i became one of the founders, and de facto leaders (we have a sort of triumvirate) of a city, and the society of that city, as result of unifying several local tribes.
I thought a lot, and am sure that creating it was the right choice. It has better life, material conditions, slightly more freedom. It is less aggressive and fights less wars than the tribes did before. (Some of them were pacifists, and they still remain pacifists. That they can now survive being pacifists is also an achievement of the new society.)

The society still fights. Not all local tribes were unified. And there are enemies from the outside here, sometimes. We almost never attack first, accept surrenders, avoid pointless cruelty.
But we still have loses. And would have less if our army was stronger. In fact, our enemies would have smaller loses, because if we are more powerful, we can win while killing less of the enemy.

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Am I The Asshole for making a society that requires torture to survive? [Open]
Typical problems of consequentialist wizards

I (35+-5000, M?) am a wizard, specializing in necromancy, because that is a very useful and underutilized area of magic. I am very careful in my necromancy, and only cast spells in a way that doesn't leave necromantic residue that harms organic life. It's not hard, but most powerful necromancers don't care, which is part of the reason why they are hated.

Recently, i became one of the founders, and de facto leaders (we have a sort of triumvirate) of a city, and the society of that city, as result of unifying several local tribes.
I thought a lot, and am sure that creating it was the right choice. It has better life, material conditions, slightly more freedom. It is less aggressive and fights less wars than the tribes did before. (Some of them were pacifists, and they still remain pacifists. That they can now survive being pacifists is also an achievement of the new society.)

The society still fights. Not all local tribes were unified. And there are enemies from the outside here, sometimes. We almost never attack first, accept surrenders, avoid pointless cruelty.
But we still have loses. And would have less if our army was stronger. In fact, our enemies would have smaller loses, because if we are more powerful, we can win while killing less of the enemy.