Genly certainly thought that Estraven died for a cause. In speaking to the king, he said:
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He loved his country very dearly, sir, but he did not serve it, or you. He served the master I serve.
The Ekumen? said Argaven, startled.
No. Mankind.
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And a little later in saying that he had betrayed Estraven by bringing down the ship before his banishment was ended:
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I could not throw away what he had died for, by insisting on the condition.
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One person’s treason is another’s loyalty to the greater good.