unselfish love vs. sacrificial love (was: Harry's protection)

[cubfanbudwoman]

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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. 


SSSusan:
And THAT'S why I've been arguing that Sacrificial Love really IS 
very, very rare.  Posters have been trying to come up with examples 
from canon of truly unselfish love, and there aren't all that many.  
But consider that you would have to go one step FURTHER, even, than 
unselfish love to find Sacrificial Love.  

Maybe SL really *is* the only purely unselfish kind of love?  I mean, 
Harry sacrificing himself & dying out of love *would* be unselfish, 
wouldn't it?  What could he possibly get from it??

Siriusly Snapey Susan