I don't really see it as a slippery slope, but that's me. And, um, what does tu quoque mean?
Depends on what you mean. As far as his experience with the Death Eaters go, he's left them in rather dramatic and dangerous fashion. I kind of think that at this point, whatever rationalization is involved is the sort that might let him get past it or forgive himself or whatnot, not the sort that allows him to cause more harm. Lupin, on the other hand, actively rationalizes why he's not telling important information, which really could be causing major harm.
As for recent incidents like the Shrieking Shack, I think he was partly rationalizing what he really wanted to do, but those rationalizations were correct, and the actions based on them justified, IMO. YMMV. As for the way he treats his classes, I've vague guesses at his rationalizations, but I also suspect that he may not bother with them at all.
As such, I think his serious rationalizations involve his reasons for the really nasty things he did when he was younger. That's what I was referring to, at least. It probably does let him feel morally superior to Sirius, but I don't really see that as a bad thing, whether or not it's correct. I think, psychologically, he needs to feel superior to Sirius, and vice versa.
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Depends on what you mean. As far as his experience with the Death Eaters go, he's left them in rather dramatic and dangerous fashion. I kind of think that at this point, whatever rationalization is involved is the sort that might let him get past it or forgive himself or whatnot, not the sort that allows him to cause more harm. Lupin, on the other hand, actively rationalizes why he's not telling important information, which really could be causing major harm.
As for recent incidents like the Shrieking Shack, I think he was partly rationalizing what he really wanted to do, but those rationalizations were correct, and the actions based on them justified, IMO. YMMV. As for the way he treats his classes, I've vague guesses at his rationalizations, but I also suspect that he may not bother with them at all.
As such, I think his serious rationalizations involve his reasons for the really nasty things he did when he was younger. That's what I was referring to, at least. It probably does let him feel morally superior to Sirius, but I don't really see that as a bad thing, whether or not it's correct. I think, psychologically, he needs to feel superior to Sirius, and vice versa.