Loki is being celebrated as a hero by the viewers in the TV show. But really, he's just the protagonist (see the earlier confusion in this thread between antagonist and villain), and he's not stopping the pruning for some grand heroic gesture for the people. He's doing it because it will save his life with the TSA coming after him, and also because it doesn't fit his mental picture of how the universe works so it's abhorrent to him. Regardless if he is doing good (or not), he's not doing anything heroic which takes intent.