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requiring magical reinforcement would seem to indicate that the house elves would do other than follow orders given freedom. IIRC the elves are portrayed as not psychologically stable as well, perhaps indicating that programmed servitude (at least as executed in the HP universe) is not a stable equilibrium for a mind.
as for the concept of house elves if executed in such a manner that they freely choose to serve humans when given latitude i see no problem.
This is a good point abut the example I picked. However let me point out that many House Elves who where well treated resented attemts to be given freedom or insulted by rewards beyond kindness.
If such a creature was created treating it poorly seems intuitively very very wrong. Like kicking puppies wrong.
I agree.