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Guilt: The Polyjuice Potion (Book 2, Chapter 12)

Harry Potter and the Sacred Text

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Why Do We Want People to Feel Guilty?

"We need to keep that distinction alive. Otherwise, if we start describing necessary things as virtuous, then we risk valorizing behaviors that we would not want to valorize," he says. "And i think that' that's really at stake in these books, right? In the same way that harry stuns instead of kills when he's fighting the death eaters."

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