Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-7232811-20130620224607/@comment-78.148.243.230-20140415145557

'Good' and 'evil' are for the most part easy to see and define, especially when dealing with mere indivduals but when you are a leader and have to think about the lives of others then it takes little time before everyone has blood on their hands. The needs of the many really do outweigh the needs of the few-will always, everytime. The difference is that when a decision can be made that is more moral, it is the sign of the 'good' that they take this option, not just the easiest. That is the only true sign of morality.

This is no different to modern day states doing questionable things. Far too many situations lead to a damned if you do and damned if you don't.

As for the IOM are all repressive etc etc this is not entirely true as some worlds are described as much more firendly, supportive of it's people. Or tales of troops giving their lives to allow citizens to flee, is that not a moral thing to do? That might very easily fly in the face of 'the greater good', meaning the Tue wouldn't alwasy do this either...live and death decisions are hard