Debatable ethical issues in OotP and HBP

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 143338

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lucianam73" <lucianam73 at y...>
wrote:

 [Quoting HBP] 
> `But while I was at the Dursleys',' interrupted Harry, his voice 
> growing stronger, `I realised I can't shut myself away or _ or crack 
> up. Sirius wouldn't have wanted that, would he? And anyway, life's 
> too short 
 look at Madam Bones, look at Emmeline Vance 
 it could 
> be me next, couldn't it? But if it is,' he said fiercely, now 
> looking straight into Dumbledore's blue eyes, gleaming in the wand-
> light, `I'll make sure I take as many Death Eaters with me as I can, 
> and Voldemort too if I can manage it.'
 
> `Spoken both like your mother and father's son and Sirius's true 
> godson!' said Dumbledore,  with an approving pat on Harry's back. `I 
> take my hat off to you _ or I would, if I were not afraid of 
> showering you in spiders.
> (from Chapter 2, `Horace Slughorn')
 
> That sent shivers down my spine. In two very small paragraphs, in 
> short sentences coming out of the mouths of the biggest heros in the 
> series, JKR demolishes centuries of religious, ethical and moral 
> debate. Yes, children, it's allright to kill Death Eaters. As many 
> as you can!  
 
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to
do nothing."  Edmund Burke

I see no other moral course, either for Harry or Dumbledore.  Do you?
 
Amiable Dorsai