Dumbledore's attitude (was Re: On lying and cheating)

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 165527

> 
> Pippin:
> The plain fact is that when it comes to saving lives, many ethical
> systems  consider that the ends *do* justify the means. 
> 
> To adhere so much to rules and principles that it puts innocent
> lives in danger is a Gryffindor weakness well demonstrated by
> Percy. Slytherin cunning and willingness to set the rules aside is
> needed as a counterweight, but it should never be indulged in 
> just to make one's own life easier -- that's where I think canon
> is going with this, anyway.

Finwitch:

Yes - which is probably why Percy was in Gryffindor. And I think 
Dumbledore was good in saying "Right vs. Easy" rather than "Right vs. 
Wrong". You see, disobeying rules in order to save a life - a world - 
is Right. Still, you can hardly say obeying rules is 'wrong', now can 
you? Easy. Dumbledore must have known the Ministry would try something 
like they really did do.

About Percy further-- the one *choice* I see him making, is when he had 
that big arguement with his father. He chose between Work and Family, 
and chose Work. It's a choice many do -- anytime the boss wants you to 
stay for overwork in lesser, everyday terms -- now, which do you think 
was the Right and which the Easy?

No wonder the Twins were upset with him about it -- they, running a 
business themselves, do have experience of the excessive workload, yet 
I'm sure they put family first. As do all the other Weasleys...

Finwitch