>However, I myself have played many evil characters who defined
>right and wrong exactly the same way as a Dawnie would, the
>difference was the willingness to CONSCIOUSLY choose to do
>wrong, for immediate personal benefit.

In such cases, the guy would see himself as evil. I wouldn't use that approach with an orc though, but it can bring some interesting nuances to the character alignment when used with a suitable character. I'd think that a suitable character for your approach would not be of inherently evil race. In CF, we have external measures of good and evil, which somewhat correlate with the most common RL notions about good and evil.

However, all characters are played in the fashion of moral relativism, as the RP guidelines of good and evil are taken from the ones the player of the character possesses. However, there are external definitions of good and evil, which are dictated by Immortal staff. If your definitions do not match with the ones of alignment RP enforcing Immortal, you can find your character alignment changed.

So, good and evil in CF are more or less the Immortal consensus of good and evil. Your character may perceive good and evil however he pleases, but the alignment comes from the way the Imms perceive it. The best approximation for the external good and evil, which define the alignment, is probably the way the player sees good and evil OOC/RL, with some adaptations to the CF reality.