Harry's sacrifice
mmemalkin
mmemalkin at yahoo.com
Sun May 25 13:34:55 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 58625
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
>
> If Harry were ask to allow someone to be sacrificed for a
substantial
> 'greater good', would he agree? Would he do it?
>
> As in - "Harry we have found a way to defeat Voldemort, but for
this
> to happen, you have to send Ron to his certain death. Will you do
it?"
>
> Without a doubt, the answer would be, 'No, we'll just have to find
> another way'.
>
> The alternative - "Harry we have found a way to defeat Voldemort,
but
> for this to happen, you must choose to go to your certain
irreversable
> death. Will you do it?"
>
> Without a doubt, the answer would be YES.
>
> Harry would never choose for someone else to be sacrificed. He
might
> be force to go along with it, or he might resign himself to it
> happening, but to the extent that it was in his control, he would
> never choose it or allow it, and he would work with every fiber of
his
> being to find some way to avoid it.
MmeMalkin:
I agree. Sending someone else to their death is a command decision.
(A Stat Trek NG episode comes to mind, where Deanna Troi was in
officer training and was tested on her ability to send a crewmate on
a suicide assignment.)
While Harry is a natural leader, he doesn't assume any command
authority, any right to order the others to do anything. As you
said, he'd fight having to do it.
~Diane
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