[HPforGrownups] The Unforgivable Curses

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 95010

Delwyn wondered:
>So why does the WW, which is usually notably more lenient on moral
>matters than the Real World, think that those 3 Curses are
>Unforgivable ?
>
>But as some have pointed out, what about the teachers who
>demonstrate the UC to their students ? What about the Aurors who use
>them on bad guys ? Does the fact that they manage to perform them
>signal that their hearts have turned irremediably evil, and if so,
>should they still be allowed to teach/chase criminals ?

Which ties into another angle which came to me the other day, while musing
idly on the practical uses of the various branches of magic in workplace
settings in the WW (basically I came to the fairly unremarkable conclusion
that an industrial-type wizard would rely fairly heavily on Charms while a
farmer would have a lot to do with Potions). But then I began wondering
about whether AK was equally Unforgiveable if it's used to slaughter
animals. Compared to the ways in which we kill them in our world, it seems
considerably more humane.

And I recall previous threads in which we discussed any number of practical
uses for Imperio...

Cheers

Ffred

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