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I thought the philosophy of Death Note was "Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely".
Light Yagami was a star pupil, and without the death note, would have gone to university, graduated with honours, followed his father into the police force and become one of Japan's most respected lawmen.
But the death note gave him absolute power over life and death, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The other philosophy of Death Note is "No man is above the law". Light puts himself above the law, appoints himself judge, jury, and executioner, and so the power of the law is sent to deal with him, and it's a servant of the law who eventually defeats him.
In many ways, Death Note is a very moral series.
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