Marietta and Hermione (and Percy) (and C.S. Lewis) and Tonks and Molly, oh my
eggplant9998
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Mon Jan 3 16:21:42 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 121046
Barb Roberts <miamibarb at B...> wrote:
> remember learning that ethics (Christian
> world view) is best addressed from three
> different angles. The first angle is the law
In a perfect world ethics and the law would be identical, but in
reality this never happens and sometimes the two are not even
similar.
> The second angle a person's motives
As I said before I think motives are irrelevant,
or nearly so.
> The third, I believe, angle is the end
> results arising from the choices
This is the only really important one of the three because
maximizing for this one is the path to a better world, and that's
what's important.
> we clearly see that Harry's father was spoiled.
That is not clear at all, even kids who were not spoiled can do bad
things. Harry's father had character flaws but we don't know the
cause of those flaws. Spoiled kids tend to be a bit wimpy and
although James had his faults being weak was not one of them.
Eggplant
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