Interesting. That’s a kind of reverse taboo tradeoff.
In a normal taboo tradeoff, you sacrifice a sacred value (lives, torture, ideals) to gain a mundane value (money, jobs, political influence). Here Harry would be doing the reverse: sacrifice a huge amount of mundane value (Dumbledore’s political standing and his being an ally to Harry) to gain a sacred value (Hermione’s life and freedom).
For an ordinary thinker (i.e. not Harry or Quirrel), this might even feel like a morally imperative tradeoff, one you have no right not to make no matter what the amount of mundane value you lose.
Ooh, you’re right, from Harry’s perspective. But if we take Dumbledore’s word that there’s no way Hermione will be sent to Azkaban or Kissed by a Dementor, then from everybody else’s (or at least Dumbledore’s allies’) perspective, it would be a played-straight taboo tradeoff.
Interesting. That’s a kind of reverse taboo tradeoff.
In a normal taboo tradeoff, you sacrifice a sacred value (lives, torture, ideals) to gain a mundane value (money, jobs, political influence). Here Harry would be doing the reverse: sacrifice a huge amount of mundane value (Dumbledore’s political standing and his being an ally to Harry) to gain a sacred value (Hermione’s life and freedom).
For an ordinary thinker (i.e. not Harry or Quirrel), this might even feel like a morally imperative tradeoff, one you have no right not to make no matter what the amount of mundane value you lose.
Ooh, you’re right, from Harry’s perspective. But if we take Dumbledore’s word that there’s no way Hermione will be sent to Azkaban or Kissed by a Dementor, then from everybody else’s (or at least Dumbledore’s allies’) perspective, it would be a played-straight taboo tradeoff.