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

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> SSSusan wrote :
>> I know this gets caught up with Neri's free will remarks, too, at 
> some point.  Once he's old enough for Hogwarts, he's starting to 
> make more conscious decisions which I would say involve exercising 
> free will.  But as a young child I think the "just there" thing is 
> the only way I can explain why in the world Harry was able to look 
> outward for other ways of being, while other children would've 
just 
> repeated the patterns they saw in their immediate environs.
> 
> Help somebody!  I'm talking in circles, I think.  And what DOES 
this 
> say about the *possibility* that a moral compass just *isn't* 
there 
> for some?  Would JKR buy into that?



Alla:


Oh, you are not the only one :) I think I am thinking in circles 
too. Going back to starting this discussion, I think that one year 
of living with loving parents definitely made a difference in 
Harry "moral compass" showing the right ways.

I am with you -  we don't know for sure why Harry chooses 
what "right", but I am thinking that subconscious memories of at 
least getting some love from his parents plays important role in it.


What if "moral compass" is not there? Well, according to JKR she 
believes that nobody is born evil, so I don't think that it is 
possible in "potterverse"