These are defenses to a crime and they are explicitly provided for in the law. You don’t just get to assert a random defense just because you want to, which is

These are defenses to a crime and they are explicitly provided for in the law. You don’t just get to assert a random defense just because you want to, which is what your approach is. There is no “good faith” or “did the right thing defense” to the law here, as you noted. Defenses are not required for all criminal laws and, in general, do not exist for crimes.