Moral Ambiguity in Main Characters.

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 127012


> Hannah wrote:  (actually, Hannah quoted)
> > > Dumbledore's rewarding or overlooking 
> > > Harry's blatant disobedience to  rules,
> > > while acknowledging (in Book 4) his own
> > > ambiguous moral compass  ("It is my belief
> > >. that truth is generally preferable to lies.")
> > 
> Eggplant replied:
> > You've lost me, I find it hard to believe you disagree with what
> > Dumbledore said.
> > 
> Ginger adds: 
> 
> I can't answer for Hannah, but I think I can see where it could be 
> considered ambiguous.  
> 
> I read it as "Truth is generally preferable to lies" meaning that 
one 
> should, as a general rule, tell the truth, but that there are some 
> circumstances where a lie is ok.  "No, that dress doesn't make 
your 
> butt look big."  "Yes, Aunt Zelda, we loved the cookies you sent.  
We 
> shared them with friends and they were begging for more."  Leave 
out 
> the fact that the friends were Spot and Rover.  
> 
> In that sense, I would agree with DD.
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Hannah:  Um... actually, that attribution is wrong, I never posted 
that paragraph, so I can't answer either!  I replied to the original 
post, and perhaps forgot to write 'so-and-so wrote' at the top.  
Going upthread should give the original poster, I've forgotten who 
it was now.  My post actually argued against what the comments now 
being attributed to me said!  

I personally think the HP books are very moral, which was what I 
said in my post, but I don't know much about philosophy or religion, 
so I'm not great at discussing these topics.  I agree with Ginger 
about what DD meant - occasionally it is better to bend the truth 
for the sake of doing greater good - for instance, hiding Sirius 
because he was innocent, even though it meant lying.  

It's an interesting topic, but I prefer conspiracy theories any day!

Hannah