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** In some ways this is to be expected, as the series has frequently been described as [[X Meets Y|Harry Potter meets Twilight]]. [[Unfortunate Implications|What is it about these vampire romance novels?]]
* So many David Eddings books. Barak rapes his wife in the [[Belgariad]], but nobody cares, because he's a good guy. Zakath, once he joins the heroes, is considered to be a trustworthy friend, regardless of the fact that he attempted to commit genocide and nearly did.
** [[Values Dissonance]]: trying to commit genocide on the Murgos is not a sin by Alorn standards, given that they held the same goal as a religious virtue for ''millenia''. The only reason they abandoned it is because Torak's death meant the holy war against all Angarak was finally over, but the Alorns are hardly going to look down on anyone else for trying to do it. They know that they ''can't''.
** [[Lampshaded]] many times when each person (especially [[Loveable Rogue|Silk]]) admits to having various vices and refusing to accept it as being the same as the vices of others. Belgarath even refuses to classify it as [[Good vs. Evil]] and instead prefers to call it "them versus us."
* ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' features this very prominently in its final chapters, ultimately culminating in Dagny and her allies murdering security guards in cold blood, even as the narrative says they're too paralyzed with indecision to be any threat or obstacle, on the way to rescue John Galt. One can argue that the questionable behavior up until that point was just washing one's hands clean of a broken system, but actively and intentionally murdering someone for the hell of it can't be excused that easily. [[Sword of Truth|Now we know where Terry Goodkind gets it from.]]
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