I admit that I did. I thought by what he was doing it would make a better place for people. But then..he started to lose himself by what he does and I stopped agreeing with his cause.

No.

When Light failed to resist the temptation to use the Death Note, he wanted to use it to rid the world of people to whom he judged as "evil", and said "even if I have to give up my mind and soul". While it is true that there are people who deserve to die, you know what? All humans are created equal, and we have no place or right trying to take the role, as God, and decide, ourselves, who we think deserve to live and die. What happened to him and what he became is a good example of that. And, of course, killing others wouldn't be the way to solve things, either. I don't see why anyone would want to worship someone who was a hypocrite, and who was on the same level as everyone else: in other words, a human.

Not only is it wrong, but it's more than a human can take (and, there's a reason for that). "Kira" was basically an identity that the people came up with, and he basically decided that it was a good idea, and while it wasn't his true identity, he began thriving towards it. Clearly, Light couldn't have become that way unless it was hiding within him, all along, but he still could have lead a better life and been happier, overall, if he had not made that foolish decision. He became obsessive over outwitting the enemy, and it became a game to him - Kira vs L, and that includes his supporters and L's successors under that name. He lost sight of his true goals, which were wrong, to begin with, and, in a world of darkness, ended up dragging anyone else who got caught up in that "game" were also put into their own world of darkness and sorrow. It's a sad thought, considering that, initially, Light thought that he wanted to create a world with only happiness, when it has equal happiness and sadness.

Overall, I don't see that he was good, or evil. He shaped into someone more confused, with mixed motives: though, he did think that he was doing something good, at first, and did do evil things, as well, and I always knew that what he was doing wasn't right, even if he thought it to be so.

There is more detail to my thoughts on the whole thing, but I thing that sums it up, well enough. :)

I don't. While some might consider this a form of justice being implemented for people who would otherwise escape it, it is still vigilante justice. Light wasn't a criminal court, nor were his choices as to who received punishment vetted by any external body. He was actively killing people based off of either his own perceptions or that provided by media. In either case, his making those decisions ended a life, a life that he had no right nor moral need to take.

One could argue that he was essentially acting along the lines of a Batman-type character, but there are three problems with that. One, none of these criminals had any measure of superpower or other aspect that made it impossible for them to be captured by normal means and put in front of a jury. Two, in Batman, these people were all currently committing crimes, Batman was stopping something that was in progress. Three, Batman had a specific code of conduct not to kill, which means that while he may dole out justice, his justice is not final. The criminals in question still went to court and were still prosecuted to the full extent of the law after Batman acted.

So while the virtues of ridding the world of terrible criminals can be argued, consider my argument deontological - his means didn't justify those ends. His justice was itself incredibly unjust.

That's a very interesting point that you make. I think that many, actually, say that they agree with Light from being weak, under the thought that if they could do so without being caught, they would get back at those who wronged them. I think Light was a good display of the general weakness and confusion of humanity, because you're right: he mainly "passed judgement" upon criminals who were already convicted and imprisoned, rather than ones who were still at large and causing problems. Light didn't consider second chances, and was only acting from the kind of power that he had access to (which, I think, should have told him that he had no place doing that, in the first place). Overall, he was weak and confused, just as the example that he made of that.

I agree entirely. That weakness of his was a major determinant of why he was so suited to have the Death Note - it gave him a strong reason to use its power, as did his sense of justice. It's not surprising to see where he took it from there. From a justice perspective, losing that tool would allow justice to go undone, so any method to keep it was, from his perspective, morally warranted. From a weakness perspective, it was his source of strength, something that allowed him to stay above those who were just brilliant and bring him into the territory of godhood. Losing it wouldn't even be close to losing a firearm, and he was well aware of that power and what it did for him.

I agree with you, as well. Thank you for exchanging opinions with me. I always like to discuss the moral aspect of this series. :)

Anime like this comes with deep moral questions, and I appreciate these kinds of discussions as well, especially on hypotheticals that are only a little shy of what's actually possible.

I'm still torn between Light and L. They both have there good and bad points. This anime really does make you question what's right and wrong.

I thought he had a nice idea but was executing it in the most wrong way. I never agreed to the idea that he had the right to judge who and who shouldn't live.
Plus I find the idea of creating world peace by becoming a serial killer extremely hypocritical...

Killing off people for your liking and how you want the world to be (in your image) is just wrong, especially innocent and regular people