For me Morrigan is depicted as evil while she's not necessarily being evil, it just depended on your moral compass and judgement. Maybe people think she's evil but if looking back on things she approve and diapprove, there's logic behind it. I try to justify why she approve some of the "evil" options
i. Werewolves vs Dalish
The Dalish clan you meet is not nice to outsiders, even toward City Elves, your presence is tolerated just because you are a Grey Warden and have the treaty they can't deny. Otherwise, they will shoot you on sight. But they deny the treay because of Werewolf problem. Zathrian never ask your help, but when you offer your help, he lie to you all the time, the curse started from him and it have been millenia. He hate human to the extend where he continue the curse for millenia. So when we meet the Lady of the Forest, we can see the Werewolves listen to her, and she can control them, she also tell the truth that Zathrian and his clan tricked you, they never help you in anyway either, to turn the tide to Zathrian and his clan is a logical choice. Why not just wipe them all and get over with the bull? You get a strong army where you know can be controlled for the time being.
ii. Abandon Redcliff
You think you are a hero who can kick ass every enemies on Thedas, you maybe wrong. You could be dead defending that village against enemy you don't know. You only know they are Undead, but you don't know their real nature. They could be an endless horde of Undead in the next attack. Agree to help Redcliff put you into risk. And it is proven that the Undead is not just simple enemy to face when you decide to defend Redcliff, despite your effort for it's defence, the Undead come out from the lake and attacking the Chantry, this just to show that things not always going out as planned or as expected. Furthermore it turnout to be there is an alternative to get into the castle but Teagan is lying to you. Teagan is using you so he can appear as a hero, that's why, it's politic. Leaving Redcliff to it's fate is not evil, you are just a Grey Warden, you are not superhuman, Morrigan is right in this.
iii. Jowan Blood Magic
This depended on situation wheter you already gong to the Circle before Redcliff or not. If you already go there then seeking mages help is logical choice if you saved the Mages. Otherwise there is no Mage left either you intentionally anulled the tower or you just failed to save them all. But if you go to Redcliff BEFORE going to the Circle, you don't know what the Circle condition is, you don't know their policy, you don't know Templar policy, you don't know if they will help you or not. If they don't help you then you just leave a risk in Redcliff. Mind you that Redcliff condition is indicating the tower have problem, why? Because Redcliff being attacked by undead for how long? The tower is just a day journey, how come the tower don't know Redcliff might have magical problem to dealt with if they don't have problem themselves? We can even heard rumors about Redcliff at Lothering, but the Circle is just a day journey. So that indicate the tower have problem and might not give any help. Furthermore, the Warden might get attacked by bandits or beats or darkspawns along the way. Jowan suggestion is logical choice, it just seems evil choice because of Blood Magic. But what the difference between you sacrifice yourself killing Archdemon to save all with a mother willingly sacrifice herself to save her son?
iv. Selling Elves or sacrifice them for power
Unfortunately her dialogue is the same for all Warden race, yes for Elf Warden it is distasteful. I just say it is a bad writing or oversight, Morrigan should have alternate dialogue if the Warden is an Elf. But her justification is it is all a needless fight that put you into danger. Then she approve the sacrifice to make you more powerful is because you are needed to face the Blight. Those Elves will die anyway in the Blight, if they can give you power, why not? Their death will not be wasted.
v. Kill the pro-Chantry Circle Mage
You never kill any children in this game even though it look like you will kill children, but no, the game don't allow you to kill children. Morrigan didn't say anything about killing children. Those children in which only two as i remember will just say you are a bad person, run away and hide, removed from the game. Morrigan logic is, the fate of the Circle Mage is brought by Circle Mages themselves. They allow themselves to be subjugated by such authority in the first place. So when the Templar wish them dead, why want to complaint? Morrigan know Wynne is pro-Chantry, by her dialogue, Wynne didn't show any protest or anger when you bring the news that the Templars want to kill them, she accept it as their fate, she only want to find a way to avoid it but not detest the law branded on her forehead. Meaning Wynne accept the Templar/Chantry rule not against it. That's why Morrigan say what she said and it is true. Circle Mages are cows. She only say that toward Wynne she doesn't mean kill all Mages and work with the Templar, that's a different thing, that's why if you annul the tower she will complaint.
vi. Anvil of the Void
It is clear that the Anvil could provide a strong army, the Golems, why want to waste it just because you feel it is not right to bind the pathethic Dwarven life on its creation? You as the Warden have sacrifice your life to the taint to save everyone, it is a curse on you, if you don't die you will become a ghoul. You might be willing becoming grey warden or not depends on how you play your origin, but still it is all about sacrifice for greater good. The Joining itself is evil in nature, to deny the use of the Anvil is hipocrisy. Furthermore, at that time you want to make the choice, do you think the Dwarves will just believe your story (or Oghren's) on what happen if you destroy the Anvil? Branka is the living proof and carry the weight in the assembely, if anyone in the assembely don't believe your story they can simply meet Branka and ask her. If Branka is dead what is the evidence she created the crown for the new king of Orzamar? Keeping Branka alive is logical choice.
vii. Dark Ritual
This is the main issue in this post right? Okay, for me, she might have hidden agenda, maybe evil agenda, but it is not something that everyone will see in the short future. OGB maybe good or maybe bad, there is no way to tell, but her offer is to save your life. After what you have been going through, you just want to waste your life? It depends on your origin and how you play your origin. For me, no matter what origin i play, i find out that ultimate sacrifice isn't worth what the Warden going through. The Warden is the one who endure everything to the end, and now have to sacrifice his/her own life too? Yes metagame will give you choices to ask Loghain or Alistair, but still during her offer come out there is no guarantee who will kill the Archdemon, could be you, Riordan, Alistair or Loghain, should things go wrong you could be the one who kill the Archdemon. Her argument is valid even though it look manipulative, but still legit. You as the Warden in the end is just a victim of circumtances and you will be sacrificed after what you have been going through and after what you have done and not done. It sound selfish to save your skin, but you deserve more than die killing the Archdemon. Morrigan offer is fair by me.
Morrigan never say she is a good person, never acted like a good person, never show herself as a good person, not like many others you meet in your journey...Leliana acted as innocent girl while she lie to you all the time to the end, she never tell you she's a Seeker even at the final battle...just an example...
This whole post is just a contrived justification to senseless cruelty and suffering which is what often Morrigan suggest alias she was stupid evil in DAO,just as this post.
Point by Point:
1)Pointless explanation full of stupidity to try to justify Morrigan,sorry but you are alone here.
Just because you don't know someone this doesn't mean that you are allowed to go full genocide mode and then try to justify you by saying
"I couldn't trust them so i killed them all" that's insane beyond any level that i can fathom.
The werewolves are little if nothing capable to control themselves,they are dangerous beasts who carry a mortal disease,whoever get infected by them become one of them or die.
Put in the same camp dangerous and infectious beasts is stupid beyond any level,the Warden army isn't more strong with werewolves is just more unstable.
What will think the others department such as the dwarves,the mages,the soldiers of Redcliffe of the werewolves during the battle?
Why they should trust dangerous and infectious beasts,who carry a disease poisonous as the taint?
A General and a commander like the warden must think to these things,balance is necessary for coordination and power effectiveness.
Morrigan is stupid she is not capable to think on "long term" benefit this is why she suggest only the "immediate gain" without think to the consequences,this is the same stupid mistake she did with the ritual,underestimate her mother who she knew one day would come back to gain the price.
This choice and i think most will agree with me, is on a right/wrong binary,there is no grey here,help both by reediming Zathrian is the absolutly best choice.
Help only the Dalish is the 2nd best choice,help those beasts guided by a dangerous spirit is the worst choice,the stupid choice that only AListair in the darkspawn chronicles Dlc did,probably because he is not a good comunicator and he doesn't know on how to understand and talk with people and he didn't discover Zathrian's past and suffering.
This is way the Warden is always the best,capable to understand others and made the better decision.
2)The only party members who suggest to abandon Redcliffe are:
Sten because he is not from Thedas and he doesn't care about the fate of Theodosian,but then again i have a low opinion and don't give a #### of someone who murdered an entire family and childs who were only guilty of helping him to not die.
Stupid Morrigan as well.
Help redcliffe provide a series of advantage,there is the possibility to obtain more proofs against Loghain at the tavern one of his letters,there is the possibility for the Warden to improve his/her ability as a commander,a test to improve personal capacity of coordination of a small army,there is the possibility to gain more allies more soldiers for the army (the villagers as well as some knights) there is the possibility to gain more resources and to become more popular for the landsmeet.
Pretty much there is only to gain here,Morrigan who obviously doesn't know how things works in the outside world and is only concerned about the OGB toy doesn't care and do not understand yet she act as if she know what is the best thing to do.
Then again i couldn't care less of her stupidity she is not a tactical mind and neither she is practical..
3) Again stupid choice corroborated by a contrived thoughts who use disadvantageous condition which are not mandatory in order to justify the sacrifice of the mother of a child.
I will talk from the worst possible scenario in order to lock that stupid way of thinking which is
go to Redcliffe and met Connor before to do the circle quest.
Again the intelligent solution is to go to the circle of mages.
a) The Warden who is not a moron already know that the circle is in a bad situation since that there are rumors ,pretty much everyone know about demons rampaging on the tower yet this si the intelligent solution,go to them instead to kill Isolde.
Why?
First sooner or later you need to do the circle quest regardless so is not even an extra effort,second you do not have any time limit to do that,the Warden do not have to care about Connor in redcliffe,if something will go wrong in the castle before of the Warden arrival,there already the Knights as well as many other soldier in the castle who can kill Connor as soon as he show some sign of possession.
Then again if instead to listen to whatever Morrigan has to say you bother to gain information,more accurate informations the warden can go and speak to Connor,to understand that the demon or "lady" inside of him remain dormant in him if the boy is not threatened,she will only come if the boy is in danger.
So the demon is not always capable to understand what's going on in the mortal realm,she only percieve the boy feeling,the more Connor is in his serenity the less chance the demon will come.
in DAI if the demon remained inside of him it remain dormant for 10 years,this proof that the demon is a danger especially when you harm the child.
Kill the mother or the child without not even attempt to gain the lyrium first is the evil and stupid chice end of the story,from all possible scenario or pointeview.
4)
if they can give you power, why not? Their death will not be wasted.
4)As actually anyone beyond me read this line from this user,are you serious or is this a joke?
First,who are you to decide what is worth to sacrifice for your own ends?
This is absolutely and unequivocally evil,exactly what that shrew of Morrigan suggested.
First you are trusting a mage that tried to kill you in his last attempt to survive after the crime that he committed,he try to save his ass by sacrifice the life of others,he need to learn that in Ferelden we don't want evil slavers.
Caladrius which was injured by the warden was not capable to perform any effective magic as he even say,he will use his last strength,meaning that the magic is useless and with poor effective +1 Constitution.
For 1 constitution you are trying to justify the murdering of all of those people?
Are we fuc**** serious?
Sometime i don't even even understand as for why people want to justify what is evil and try to protrait it as a different thing...
5)That's just show on how incompetent you are about the characters.
Wynne isn't pro chantry as she said many times in banter with leliana,and she don't even believe that Andraste is a prophet,just an historical figure.
And kill people just because their lifestyle doesn't fit with your view of life is folly and whoever think like that need only to be put in straitjacket.
Seriously Morrigan suggest to kill those mages because she,and only she see them as not worthy to live,that's insane and whoever agree with her is insane too.
Also No need to find convoluted excuses here,she is a walking contradiction,first she want to see the mages dead for her bitterness then complain with Gregoir if this is done,she is stupid evil and doesn't even know what she want.
6)Again preserve the anvil is the evil and stupid choice.
First his creator Caridin want that destroyed he understand it better than anyone
second Branka is an insane woman who betrayed her whole army by using them as bait for Caradin's traps who betrayed her friend into becoming a broodmother,and yet only a moron will trust her with the anvil of the void who is used also to enslave the will of others,this is evil and stupid.
Let us not forget that in order to defeat a blight make to many sacrifices and stupid choices will come back to bite you in the future alias the ultimate sacrifice which i don't like kill the HoF who is not available against the Architect because of that. or kinda like what the stupid wardens of the 4th blight did,they killed their own griffins in order to defeat the 4th blight and now they are gone.
Sorry but i believe that "the ends justify the means" is just the convoluted excuses used by losers like Duncan,go sacrifice yourself dude not pretending my sacrifice.
Preserve the anvil and you will be no better than a genlock ,enslave the dwarves and you will be guilty to be responsible of slavery.
7)ah trust that shrew of Morrigan with an old god soul after all of her malicious suggestion? Never!
HOw?
For all i know kill others was not beyond her,so she may have sacrificed her own child to get the old god soul,kinda what Flemeth wanted to do in DAI use the boy to gain that soul,if Morrigan didn't do that it is because she didn't know ho to do it