There is not.

[Moral absolutism, the concept that some actions were intrinsically right or wrong, good or evil, regardless of purpose or intent, was not a philosophy Jor-El accepted as his own, or even believed in.

It was too binary and simple in a complex universe, and one where it was not the immediate results or consequences of actions that were usually the most important, but their lasting consequences and the longterm impact they had.

Each action had to be measured and framed against what it would cause in the long term, for it was that that was important. The council on Krypton had refused to acknowledge that drilling the planet's core, while it was beneficial in the short term, would ultimately doom them all.

There were, greater things, better things, to preserve in the long term, and it was that which he had pursued, doing his best to preserve Krypton's future. Jor-El had killed in his escape attempt, stolen what was inarguably the most important and priceless thing on the planet, and not only defied what would have been the will of the council if they had the chance, but also Zod's.

At the same time, Zod had been trying to do much the same, following a course of actions that he thought would save their people, even if the attempt was one made in futility, and ones Jor-El did not agree with, could not agree with. Zod's path was predicated on death and destruction to save their people. Jor-El had done his best to avoid those actions on his own, even if he had not fully succeeded.

The man he had known had changed, becoming one willing to do those things. But so, for that matter, had Jor-El. As much of a rogue element he had been at times, it was not until near the end end that he had, for the most part, followed Krypton's cultural mores, the important ones, deferring to both his guild and council. Respecting what his people had chosen, even if he did not fully agree.]

However, people change.

[Zod had not been the only one that day to walk closer to darkness.]