The conqueror always assumes that his moral superiority—rather than his ferocious greed—is what has allowed him to triumph. - Michael Moorcock

There is, in my view, a level at which the hero can become faintly ridiculous, often because he never fundamentally questions the rules. For instance, John Wayne’s characters were always basically in favor of old-fashioned paternalism, no matter how much they pretended to be rugged individualists.
Later, I became fascinated by the kind of book examining the myths which make such heroes attractive (Lord Jim, for instance) and came to understand that there is a level at which the heroic ideal can be used as a mere manipulative propaganda designed for instance to make young women sacrifice their futures in unjust marriages or young men sacrifice their lives in unjust wars.

Is that what you are? An android?"
"You could find out if you made love to me."
Faustaff smiled and shook his head. "Sweetheart, you're just not my type."
"I thought any young woman was your type, doctor."
"So did I till I met you.

Any forthcoming dispute was likely to be a battle between ignorance of one sort and ignorance of another.