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- Title
Harry Gets by With a Little Help from His Friends: An Aristotelian Reading of Virtue and Friendship in Harry Potter.
- Authors
Mogg, Jennifer A.; Tully, Kendra
- Abstract
In this article, the author argues that Harry Potter in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter book series became fully virtuous as a result of his friendship with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. He says that Harry displays a predisposition for virtue early in the series, but it is not until his friendship with them reconciles virtue of character and intellectual virtue that he satisfies philosopher Aristotle's overall conception of "full virtue." Rowling is said to show that friendship is central to the virtue of the individual and the well-being of the city.
- Subjects
POTTER, Harry (Fictional character); HARRY Potter book series; ROWLING, J. K., 1965-; FICTION; FRIENDSHIP; VIRTUES; HUMAN acts (Ethics); INTERPERSONAL relations; CONDUCT of life
- Publication
Reason Papers, 2012, Vol 34, Issue 1, p77
- ISSN
0363-1893
- Publication type
Article