I'd wondered if the writers had included Morinth as a bit of a sadistic joke. Imagine surviving the suicide mission, she convinces you to the melding, and then you're the ultimage failure.
She does provide a moral quandry in what her life means because she had no choice in being an Ardat-Yakshi. Samara openly admits to this. She mentions the pride she has in her daughter, not willing to accept what cruel fate life had dealt her. It's implied that Samara's other two daughters are forced to live lives in seclusion, away from the temptations that their Ardat-Yakshi status would drive them towards.
That never makes what Morinth does right. By the time you catch up with her, she seems to have fully accepted her lot in life and even embraces it. She is not repentent for what she does at all anymore, assuming she ever was. Offering her seclusion again, however, is not an option. She's proven quite adept at escape and hiding herself. She's run from seclusion before. To get her to stop killing, you have to essentially jail her or kill her.
I think Samara was once a chaotic good, relishing in the wanton freedom of her maiden days, but still reaching a limit in what she found acceptable behavior as witnessed by her turning on her fellow mercs to prevent a slave trade. However, all that changed when she learned of her daughters' fates and Morinth ran. Samara completely blames herself what happened to her daughters and blames herself for each victim of Morinth's. She makes the ultimate sacrifice for an Asari, taking up the Justicar Code, simply to kill Morinth. I expect she believed that it was her duty that she specifically take on Morinth because it was her mistake to correct.
The choice in the end can depend on a few factors. You could very well not agree with Samara's belief that someone must die for a life of killing if that person really couldn't fight the urge. I suppose like the human judicial system that tries a person with mental illness in a different manner as someone who has broken the law with what's deemed a sane mind. But I doubt Shepard is the sort who would allow Morinth to continue on her killing spree, unless your personal Shepard is a bit insane as well. But has Morinth expressed any interest in stopping? All she tells you when you must make the decision is that she's as powerful as her mother and will fight for you.
Another factor I see Renegades consider is that Samara's loyalty only extends as far as the suicide mission. She will tell a Renegade she will turn against them due to the behavior she's witnessed Shepard performing outside of the Code. So be proactive here and replace Samara with someone just as powerful and seemingly more loyal to you personally.
Morinth is the sort of character that I have no regrets in letting die. Shepard doesn't personally kill her, only is an accomplice to the one who does. Though I suppose an accomplice is just as cupable as the one who does the final blow. Anyway, my Shepards will give anyone a second chance if they express remorse for their actions and a plea to allow them to make it better. Morinth doesn't, though.
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