Good moral core (Re: Dirty Harry/Clean Harry)

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 117048


Kelsey:"But I  think that this also comes back to choice and moral
cores. Although  Harry is a lot like Voldemort, he's still got that
ultra-good core  that determines his choices and actions."

Del:"This to me begs the question : WHY ? Why does Harry have this 
ultra-good core and not LV ? Were they born that way or did they 
acquire their cores while growing-up ?    I'm not sure there's an
answer, I'm just wondering."

The difference is the capacity to love, to empathize, to see others as
fellow humans.  We know Harry loves and cares for others, and
Voldemort loves or cares for no one, feels no bond with any human.  He
is a perfect sociopath.

How did Harry get that way? We won't settle the nature/nurture
argument here, but Harry at least had a year (important) with loving
parents. The miracle is how he survived the Dursleys. Now he is in an
environment with people he cares for deeply. Voldemort was brought up
in an orphanage, and we don't know what that experience was like.

On the "nature" side, we know that Voldemort's father was a b*****d,
and that Harry's parents were loving of each other and of Harry.
Actually, we aren't told anything about they treated Harry, but is
there any reason to doubt their love?

People who love don't hurt people for no reason.  They might hurt, or
even kill, particularly to defend the ones they love; but evil has a
hard time taking over a heart with love in it.

Jim Ferer