Harry's protection

[amgolden22]

No: HPFGUIDX 113056

Pippin said:

> But perhaps Rowling would agree that no human love is 
> unselfish.   In fact Dumbledore says that his love for Harry led 
> him to do things he now believes were wrong and foolish, 
> because he cared more about Harry than other people.  

Phabala:
Yes, exactly!  I don't believe love can ever be completely 
unselfish, because in the end you're always getting something from 
it.  Not to bring up someone many people despise, but in The 
Fountainhead, Ayn Rand says pretty much the same thing in regards to 
altruism.  No one can ever be completely altruistic because they're 
always getting something out of it, whether it's actually physical 
somethings or simply the feeling that they've done something good.  
Love, like altruism, is always selfishly motivated because it always 
comes out of a desire for something.

I think Dumbledore, at the end of OotP, is attempting to tell Harry 
that Voldemort's greatest weakness is that he can't feel love and 
thus, can't understand it.  Without love there can't be true 
loyalty, and without that Voldemort's going to have a very difficult 
time ruling the world.
-Phabala