This doesn't really concern gameplay itself, but still ....

When given the choice in these 'ethical dilemma's', I actually often -don't- consider the 'good' choice to be the morally best choice. I mean, the 'evil' choice is often just that, plain evil.  The neutral choice often has a 'let everybody choose for himself, we won't bother you if you don't bother us'-quality to it, or at the very least it is pragmatic.  The 'good choice', however, often leaves a 'These Are The Rules You Have To Live By And Woe Upon You If You Don't Follow Our Ethidal Standards!'- taste in my mouth, and I frankly often find them a bit annoying.  I get this distinct impression that the Good Guys are those that would force other civilizations to have a democracy even if the population of that civilization wouldn't want that at all. In short, in my opinion the 'good' civilizations are not actually that, but just morally far too uptight and rigid.

Is it just me? Or is this an intentional statement by the programmers of the game ?

I know, it isn't really relevant for gameplaying. It just bothers me a little.