The whole point of the situation is, as @Treflis pointed out, that neither side is right or wrong. There is no "good" answer.
It's a fantastical interpretation of the current climate of "those who swap safety for freedom deserve neither", but also "be careful what you wish for" as well.
On one hand, the Templars are so obsessed with keeping the world safe--the mages safe, themselves safe, the country safe--they go to such draconian ends that they more or less imprison and then risk the mage's life in a test in order to ensure the safety. And that is not right.
On the flip side, the mages want complete freedom but they can't have that either because there is a documented, high-risk, real-world consequence to them becoming apostate.
Now, with all that said...I think that there is a middle ground because the Tevintir Imperium manages to let magic run wild and seems to be doing OK, they are just amoral. I think if mages were free but had a moral compass like the Templars, like the Templars were more reactionary and like police instead of discriminatory like Gestapo (as they currently are), then that would be better.
But I don't want there to be a solution, the mage-templar struggle is one of my fondest parts of the whole Dragon Age series. It's brings out the best and worst in all the characters in the game; you've got noble people doing horrible things for the greater good, evil people doing good because they realize it's too much power, friends killing friends because they have no choice...it's tragic.
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