Can I use Unforgivable Curses and still be good?
The Short Answer:
No, using Unforgivable Curses has severe consequences and cannot make a person good. As revealed in the Harry Potter series, these curses come with heavy moral implications, can harm innocent people, and have long-term negative effects on the user themselves. It is crucial to remember that the morality and intent behind an action outweigh any magical abilities or potions involved.
The Story of Draco Malfoy and Voldemort’s Dark Magic
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince introduces Draco Malfoy’s journey as he explores his parents’ Dark connections, eventually leading him down the path of Unforgivable Curses. With every new spell he mastered, he became more seduced by the dark and violent nature of these enchantments. Meanwhile, Lord Voldemort continued to use his influence, slowly corrupting other minds, including that of Lucius Malfoy and Wormtail.
Reasons Why Unforgivable Curses are Never Alright:
• Dark and Immoral: As Dumbledore points out, every person, regardless of how seemingly weak or inferior they are, has a heart. Unforgivable Curses disregard the universal code of morality and reeks of cruelty and barbarity.
• No Exception: Using the Crucio, Imperius Curse, or Avada Kedavra on anyone creates lasting psychological trauma and could harm or damage people in ways that extend far beyond the initial consequence.
• Ego-Driven and Control-Hungry: Most dark wizards, like Severus Snape, have either had a traumatic past experience, felt a sense of shame or inadequacy, or have become victims of their own dark instincts resulting in desperation, ego, and attempts at control.
Other Reasons Why Using Unforgivable Curses Goes Against Being Good:
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It’s not justice or punishment: Seeking to harm or murder people, rather than following due process, neglects the principles of just desserts and the law encouraging vigilante violence.
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Respect for Life is Unbroken: Using force against an individual without resorting to reason or mediation not only undercuts trust but also reveals the speaker’s own impurity, as if he sees his own actions or character as superior.
• The Law States That:
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You are not permitted to do evil, but no matter what the laws
might say, I understand something
as your own that I know must also
be written across the skies and stone tablets: that *humane souls
with infinite depth are not measured like buckets and
weighed like grain.
~ Albus Dumbledore -
It must have taken a tremendous concentration for Dumbledore to maintain composure,
a truly enormous moral strength,
one which I doubt not every individual possesses within. As long as one thinks like a
hero is about being noble (by using Unforgivable Curses), we find people becoming
desperate because we are still just so unprepared. Yet what they do to them now can
potentially go down in the realm. – Harry Potter: (When he used Felix Felicis, just about when he did. For me, when his~ Torn, torn. Can someone make a hero go around it? Or? So. So we make up and we become strong?
~ Jem Toner
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Lessons to Learn from Hermione and Ginny’s Stories
When dealing with Dark and harmful subjects like the Unforgivable Curses, Hermione reminded her friends that understanding Dark History doesn’t necessarily entice or justify embracing
such a path. Conversely, Ginny and her friends were unwilling to succumb to violence as they
valued the bond and protection between and their connections with their colleagues, a testament to understanding.
This is true because you can always ask why someone is behaving (it’s an error **when you let
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: ! ) )In conclusion, a choice of using Unforgivable Curses as "defence" can potentially compromise
one’s judgment or cause harm, reflecting negative character traits such
• ego ,
• in self-centeredness :
Harm is unacceptable to
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~ Jem Toner: So, can, that
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