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

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No: HPFGUIDX 117062


> 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."

> Jim Ferer:
> How did Harry get that way? We won't settle the nature/nurture
> argument here
><snip>

Neri:
The problem with both nature and nurture is that they discount the 
free will. LV would be able to excuse himself with "I'm bad because I 
have Slytherin's blood in me" (nature) or "I'm bad because I didn't 
have even a single year with loving parents" (nurture). But JKR's 
position seems to be that you are not allowed to excuse yourself with 
such reasons, good as they might be. Both LV and Harry have free 
will. LV is evil because he decided to be evil. Harry is good because 
he decided to be good. To ask for either nature or nurture reasons 
would be discounting their free will.