OB1Shinobi wrote: People who deceive, manipulate, and exploit those that trust them and betray those who are loyal to them are the bad guys.
So yes, you can come up with scenarios that seem to disprove this on the surface, such as "what if i infiltrate the nazis and finesse my way into Hitler's advisors, so i can help defeat them" or something. But the fundamental principle of all morality, the basic distinction between good and evil, is something like "regard for the sanctity or value or rights of other people". If that isnt it exactly then its something like that.
So even if you present a hypothetical situation which seems to disprove my above, quoted statement, your hypothetical would ony be justified it it were still demonstrating expressions of regard for other. Its perfectly congruent with the basic principle of morality to use violence and deception in the presence of an invading, conquering enemy. Just as it is congruent to decieve and wound, or even kill, an intruder or attacker that forces deadly violence upon you.
