HP morally questionable? Discuss...

[lea.macleod at gmx.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 17223

 "Morag Traynor" <moragt at h...> wrote:

> This is a 
clear case 
> where evil would have triumphed without rule-breaking.  You're 
right, it is 
> the tension between rules and moral actions that is fascinating. 
Noble 
> actions can have bad consequences - it was noble, and morally right 
- to 
> save Wormtail's life, even though the consequences are bad.
> 
> HP isn't "morally questionable" as the original article had it - it 
asks 
> moral questions, which is why it will be read when books that equate 
> morality with "doing what grown-ups tell you" are gathering dust.

I haven´t posted on this thread before, and just as I decided to, 
Morag came up with this and it´s so good I´ve got nothing to add to 
it. 

Lea