Well, if your character has a natural talent for magic labeled evil and he’s still inclined to do what he sees as good then he’s likely to think about these sort of issues.
Motivated cognition. As opposed to my current character’s motivated stopping (he’s a priest of a god-esque entity that’s actually slightly evil. But he doesn’t want to recognise that, so he’s not going to think about it, except when he can’t help it)
Well, if your character has a natural talent for magic labeled evil and he’s still inclined to do what he sees as good then he’s likely to think about these sort of issues.
Motivated cognition. As opposed to my current character’s motivated stopping (he’s a priest of a god-esque entity that’s actually slightly evil. But he doesn’t want to recognise that, so he’s not going to think about it, except when he can’t help it)