Why did Gandalf save Faramir?

[MatthewM]

Originally Posted by Eomer of the Rohirrim

To be a, no doubt very basic, Devil's advocate, isn't there conflict between means and ends here? Great atrocities have been carried out in the pursuit of a higher purpose. Or is it just that Eru decides what is moral and what is not?

Maybe then Gandalf's decision was not a moral one, but there's the added bonus in the story of the author postulating a god. In non-fiction at least it's a classic moral dilemma, but it could lose something in adaptation.

Can you explain what you're saying here? I don't understand what you're getting at...