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- Mon Dec 05, 2005 6:32 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: The Moral Universe of Middle-earth
- Replies: 87
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Whether orcs have their measure of free will or are puppets... If they are puppets, animated by their master (as demonstrated by the quote given at the fall of Barad dur), then they have no need of redemption - both because they are not fully sentient creatures with free will of their own, and also...
- Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:07 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: The Moral Universe of Middle-earth
- Replies: 87
- Views: 97597
Tolkien's views on what Orcs were exactly changes throughout his myth. My final opinion is that the Orcs are not sentient - they are animated by the spirit of Morgoth, and their own disloyalty and infighting is simply a result of Morgoth's own chaotic and destructive nature. I can't prove that, thou...
- Sun Dec 04, 2005 12:59 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: The Moral Universe of Middle-earth
- Replies: 87
- Views: 97597