"I believe that we should agree to their request. This is only because the availability of cheap undead slaves

"I believe that we should agree to their request. This is only because the availability of cheap undead slaves has led to the impoverishment of living laborers. But worse, in order to create an undead minion, a mage must cut away a miniscule fragment of from the departed soul, and corrupt it with negative energy. They then plant this seed back into the dead body. Nothing can justify such depravity."