[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry and Morality

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No: HPFGUIDX 57358

At 16:13 08-05-03 +0000, Ersatz Harry wrote:
>Let me gently suggest that we are venturing a bit into OT territory
>when we get into larger discussions of morality that are purely
>outside the canon.  I'm not dismissing the validity of the question at
>all, nor the value of posing a provocative question in general, but
>this particular one runs the risk of touching off some flaming since
>it does not seem to  tie in to the books in any way, unlike, say,
>historical comparisons of Voldemort to name-your-favorite-dictator,
>etc.  Feel free to respond to me off-list if you disagree (or even if
>you agree).

Let me rephrase then.
As far as I am concerned there is no way of formulating an
ethical principle that allows Harry to do something and
doesn't allow Draco to do the exact same thing. The only
way to distinguish is to point out that Harry (usually) do
things we agree with, while Draco normally do things we
don't agree with, but if we raise that to an ethical
principle, we automatically raise ourselves (as
individuals) to be the final arbiters of right and wrong -
something I would feel very uncomfortable with, and
something I cannot see any moral justification for.

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