[HPforGrownups] Re: House elves and WW ethics
IAmLordCassandra at aol.com
IAmLordCassandra at aol.com
Mon May 19 02:32:22 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 58151
Joe S. writes:
In GOF (pg 217), Crouch-as-Moody
>
> states "...those three curses, Avada Kedarva, Imperious, and
> Cruciatus - are known as the Unforgivable Curses. The use of any one
> of them, on a fellow human being is enough to earn a life sentence in
> Azkaban."
> So in other words, it is illegal to kill someone, no matter the
> circumstances.
<snips some stuff on handguns>
. The point I'm trying
>
> to make is that, in the Wizarding World, according to the law, it is
> unethical and illegal to kill. And it doesn't matter what the
> circumstances are, if you do the deed, you go to jail for life. Thus,
> the WW has a lot higher value of human life then does the Muggle
> world, even if it's values on the lives of other sentient creatures
> admitably need revolutionizing.
Me:
I have to say I disagree with this SLIGHTLY.
GoF (Ch. 27)
Sirius (speaking of Crouch Sr.)
"The Aurors were given new powers -powers to kill rather than capture, for
instance. And I wasn't the only one who was handed straight to the dementors
without a trial. Crouch fought violence with violence, and authorized the use
of the Unforgivable Curses against suspects."
So, during VW1/The capturing of DE's at least, there were circumstances when
it was OK to use the Unforgivables and to kill.
> Muggle society has a lot of flaws...so too does the Wizarding
> World. Each has its pros and cons.
Agreed.
~Cassie~
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