Alright you ruined any use of the "Being the better man" card by stating your edit was to drop it @_@ And I know it killed to delete that whole post just to change it to what's there, too.

Anyway, yeah, as I was saying: Morpheus refused to believe that the prophecy was a form of control, so it's a good explanation behind his actions in MxO: He still wants the prophecy fulfilled. EPN might honor Neo, but it seems as though we do so by carrying out Morpheus' actions.