Forgiveness

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 188679


> 
> Bart:
>     This brings up a question which JKR dodges. She clearly writes Morty 
> as being mentally ill; certainly sociopathic and probably psyhopathic. 
> This means, among other things, that he does not have the capability of 
> repentance, much less the desire to do so. He is completely lacking in 
> empathy, and would no more feel remorse to a fellow human being than we 
> would show remorse to an empty chair we pushed aside so that we could 
> get by.
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> 
>     But in a Christian sense, someone like him is problematical. And, 
> like I said,  JKR  fails to  even consider the question, much less 
> answer it.

Pippin:
Oh, but she does. Voldemort does not even want to feel love or remorse, although after his reconstitution with Harry's blood he has the ability. It is that choice, not his illness, that dooms him. 

Lupin in his werewolf form was no more capable of remorse or conscience than Voldemort was prior to his re-embodiment. But Lupin is not blamed for this, but for not being willing to trust that Tonks and his unborn child will accept him and care about him despite his weaknesses. 


Pippin