The thing about Cecil is that he’s a good guy in terms of what side he’s on, but he’s willing to be a bad guy in what he does to do it. If he were mistaken about what the “greater good” was, he would absolutely be a villain – so many villains do bad things in the name of the “greater good.” But Cecil tends to be right about the greater good, so he manages to stay a “good guy,” despite all that he does.
The thing about Cecil is that he’s a good guy in terms of what side he’s on, but he’s willing to be a bad guy in what he does to do it. If he were mistaken about what the “greater good” was, he would absolutely be a villain – so many villains do bad things in the name of the “greater good.” But Cecil tends to be right about the greater good, so he manages to stay a “good guy,” despite all that he does.