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

[gingerwood.livejournal.com]

Are we talking about Honor, or reputation? To quote Bujold:
"Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself."

I think that it is possible to serve a dishonored master without sullying your own, but I also don't think that it gives you an automatic out. Like everyone else, I think that it needs to be examined on a case-by-case basis.

OTOH, it would be nearly impossibly to serve a dishonored master and have your reputation remain intact.