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drethelin comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 16, chapter 85 - Less Wrong
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Morally he still deliberately ruined her, regardless of whether he thought it would cause her death. Doing something to ruin the reputation of someone who lives by their reputation is morally bad even if you didn't think through all the consequences.
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Different language would be more appropriate to the context. Not because I have qualms with foul language, but because I actually got the impression that we were considering rape-ethics or philosophy in magic-mediated edge cases till I followed the link.
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Only if she doesn't deserve to have her reputation wrecked. Skeeter did - I don't think Quirrell's murder is justified, but the phrases he had Harry repeat are all basically accurate.
The irony of this statement is overwhelming--I do hope it's deliberate.