In the 1980s, Richard Garriott (AKA Lord British) created a cultural innovation in computer games in Ultima IV by developing a system of secular virtues, which guided the main character beyond a wholesale slaughter of enemies and into an ethical dilemma of doing the right thing.<br />
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In this episode, Garriott (Lord British) and Benj Edwards discuss philosophy, ethics, religion, and the Origin of Ultima’s secular virtues.

In the 1980s, Richard Garriott (AKA Lord British) created a cultural innovation in computer games in Ultima IV by developing a system of secular virtues, which guided the main character beyond a wholesale slaughter of enemies and into an ethical dilemma of doing the right thing. In this episode, Garriott (Lord British) and Benj Edwards discuss philosophy, ethics, religion, and the Origin of Ultima’s secular virtues.

In the 1980s, Richard Garriott (AKA Lord British) created a cultural innovation in computer games in Ultima IV by developing a system of secular virtues, which guided the main character beyond a wholesale slaughter of enemies and into an ethical dilemma of doing the right thing.<br>
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In this episode, Garriott (Lord British) and Benj Edwards discuss philosophy, ethics, religion, and the Origin of Ultima’s secular virtues.

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