Sure, he says he would have done it anyways. Because hindsight is 20/20, because his mind is coming up with defense mechanisms to help him justify himself to deal with the horror and because (dare I say it?) as the books continue, in becomes less and less a character and more and more a mouthpiece ...

I'm more partial to literature than philosophers myself; here's a few to kick things off. Bonus points to people who know where they come from... If Mike had given them something big—like stereo, or bingo—but he gave them the Truth. Or a piece of the Truth. And who is interested in the Truth? &q...

Spoilers if you have only read Ender's Game... Speaker for the Dead pg. 371 "I didn't kow it was the real thing. But that is no excuse, Olhado. If I had known the battle was real, I would have done the same thing. We thought they wanted to kill us." "Except that I knew better. I knew ...