Honor's Paradox

[rolanni]

If you honorably serve a dishonored master, is your personal honor unsullied?

Discuss, with examples.


ETA: Lotsa people ducking the question here. Interesting.

Comments

[drammar.livejournal.com]

I would say no. People who served in the Bush II administration who were lied to in the same way that the American public was lied to are not dishonorable.

But if the question were changed to "if you honorably serve a dishonorable master..." and you are aware that the master is dishonorable I would say yes. Again, with the above example, once the lies were exposed as lies, if they continued to serve, then their own personal honor is very much in question.