Unforgiveable and dark magic

[mkaliz]

No: HPFGUIDX 79072

Geoff said:

> Dark magic is surely magic used for an evil end. Can you suggest 
> situations where the Cruciatus Curse, the Imperius Curse or the Avada 
> Kedavra Curses could be used to constructive ends? I believe they are 
> implicitly dark and evil and, hence, unforgiveable.

I wonder...I can easily see the Imperius and Avada Kedavra curses
being used in self-defense. Is that still considered unforgiveable? 

And certainly the Imperius curse could be used beneficially in several
cases, for instance: 1) "forcing" a distraught/psychotic person to
take medicine for his/her illness, 2) preventing a child/mentally
disabled person from harming him/herself. 

If toddler is running into obvious danger (i.e. path of a speeding
train), then forcing him/her to stop by using Imperius seems like a
completely reasonable course of action to me!

People in the medical profession might well think of some cases
(determining the extent of paralysis perhaps?) where the Cruciatus
curse might be useful.

And yes, I'm aware that these are special cases, but I think that they
demonstrate that the line between forgiveable and unforgiveable may be
just a bit hazy.

--kai