Questionable morality in Harry Potter?

[Necroid]

I just thought of something.
In HP, use of the Imperius curse is considerd unforgivable, because it takes away the free will of the target. But love potions are aperantly leagal.

[Drunk Monkey]

It’s no less immoral then the Jedi mind trick in star wars, both control people but it’s only wrong if you harm the person being controlled.

[Pick]

I always thought love spells and potions were sinister in stories, though rarely are they thought about or used with that kind of mentality in the sotries I've read. Actually, half the time they prove "unncessary! *prancing ponies and sparkles*" but nevertheless...

[Ender]

I just thought of something.
In HP, use of the Imperius curse is considerd unforgivable, because it takes away the free will of the target. But love potions are aperantly leagal.

1) There is a limit to how love potions work, both in time and in what it makes the person do
2) it influences free will, but doesn't eliminate it. Ron still chopse to punch Harry, Rhomilda didn't make him do it
3) Love potions are readibly curable (Slughorn made the antidote in minutes) whereas the Imperius curse can only be beaten with extreme difficulty by a few people

[Surlethe]

I just thought of something.
In HP, use of the Imperius curse is considerd unforgivable, because it takes away the free will of the target. But love potions are aperantly leagal.

Probably because the curse is a direct application of magic, and therefore requires a strong countercurse, and can't be given inadvertently, whereas a love potion is both weak, can be taken inadvertently, and an antidote is readily available.

I'd imagine love potions occupy a sort of grey area in the law.

[Crown]

If you want questionable morality in HP you should have used the Imperius Curse and the Memory Charm.

One is unforgiveable, the other I have no idea.

[Dakarne]

Hmm... The Memory Curse is sort of like the Ministry of Magic's Version of the Neuralizer... it's to stop muggles finding out about magic.

[Crown]

Hmm... The Memory Curse is sort of like the Ministry of Magic's Version of the Neuralizer... it's to stop muggles finding out about magic.

Lockhart comitted it on magical people (he was quite good at it too), and Barty Crouch Snr did it on Bertha Jenkins.

My point being that it can and has been used by the wizarding community on there own, and it should be right up there with the Imperius Curse if you ask me, you effectively 'steal' a part (or a whole) of someone's identity from them. But as it is, it appears that it doesn't earn you time in Azkabam (even for a few months).

[Majin Gojira]

After all, a persons collective experiences helps to form who they are.

[Necroid]

I just thought of something.
In HP, use of the Imperius curse is considerd unforgivable, because it takes away the free will of the target. But love potions are aperantly leagal.

1) There is a limit to how love potions work, both in time and in what it makes the person do
2) it influences free will, but doesn't eliminate it. Ron still chopse to punch Harry, Rhomilda didn't make him do it
3) Love potions are readibly curable (Slughorn made the antidote in minutes) whereas the Imperius curse can only be beaten with extreme difficulty by a few people

Well, you can just give him\her another potion. It might not be as powerfull as the imperius curse, but it can be used to force people to marry you, or have sex with you.( Merope/Tom Riddle)