This is an excellent question, and I believe it is very much to the interpretation of players and GM's based on the system, gods, government and characters involved.
Isuues such as Abortion Rights, homosexuality and capital punishment all cause schism down the lines of morality in varying societies. These three issues usually get people so frenzied in what they believe that they cannot even conceive of the opposite camp believing as they do. I believe the slavery issue in the late 1800's caused similar problems between North and South, so much so that it helped to escalate a war. I believe recently the battle of executing minors is just as heated.
Who can really say what is correctly justified morally? I have always found it to be the epitome of irony (and hypocrisy) that as many wars have been fought on this planet in the name of god (or at least religion) as there have been for greed or survival, if not more.
A Paladin refusing to heal a wounded evil man or enemy might rationalize "Let Solaris judge him". A paladin might heal him believeing it is the good thing to do. They are opposite responses along the same alignment axis in my mind. Torturing him, adding in a gut wound to increase his suffering or hanging him on a sign post to suffer and be there on display and an invitation for the wild animals are all responses that CROSS that line.
Even the paradox of killing is wrong...unless he is evil, still boggles my mind (and why my wife and I agree on just about everything but capital punishment).
The D&D gamne has "destroy evil if you are good written all over it". But compassion works too. Which is why Garrick had no problems fighting and killing, but never relished the taking of life.
I would love to hear other viewpoints, and I hope I have answered your question.
This by the way is a perfect use of this forum, so seldom used.
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