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

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 117167


Del:
> Harry often sees how close things came to go awfully wrong, and yet
> when he has to make another decision, he goes down the exact same
> route. Is it only because it went well the previous times, so he
> somehow expects that it will go well again, or is it because 
> there's something inside him that's urging him to make those 
> decisions again and again ? Something that instantaneously 
> *limits* his free will by making him feel that there's only one 
> right thing to do ?


SSSusan:
My, we're meeting a lot today, Del.

I think you may be right about an inner urging, and I find it 
interesting that you think of that urging as being that LIMITS free 
will.  For some, like me, *knowing* how something made him feel 
previously can actually be FREEING.  How?  It helps him understand 
what he wants to do next time.  If he made a choice which made him 
feel proud or content or good all over, I don't see it as a 
*limiting* factor next time he's faced with an option.  He might 
well feel *freed* by knowing he's going to feel positive if he makes 
a similar choice this time.

I may not be making any sense!  I'm operating on 4 hours of sleep 
after watching those dratted election returns.

Siriusly Snapey Susan