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Comment author: ygert 13 December 2013 09:40:18AM *  4 points [-]

He also knows that Quirrell is totally amoral: Quirrell himself admits that he does not comprehend the thing that people call morality.

Thus, he knows that Quirrell considering something worthwhile is only evidence about that thing's utility to Quirrell, not its moral validity.

Comment author: gjm 13 December 2013 11:19:44AM 8 points [-]

mortality

I'm not generally in the habit of calling out typos, but that particular one is probably worth fixing. I think Quirrell understands mortality rather well.

Comment author: ygert 13 December 2013 01:59:34PM 2 points [-]

True, very true. Edited.

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