Goblet of Fire: Week 7, Post B

I think now I'd like to talk about ethics, and how it's portrayed in our lives and literature. First, the tie in the Harry Potter. During the novel, Hagrid, the groundskeeper, talks to Harry, and tells him to come to his house at midnight, that he has something to show him. When Harry arrives, Hagrid takes Harry as well as the head of an opposing school into the forest, where he shows them dragons, the subject of the secret first task. When Harry is leaving, he sees the head of another school heading into the woods, apparently going to see the dragons as well. Harry, realizing that Cedric, the other Hogwarts champion, has not seen the dragons, he quickly informs him. Now all the champions know before the event.

Harry says it's "only fair" that Cedric knows, stating the fact that everyone else has already heard of what's to come. However, is something fair just because everyone is doing/seeing it? The task was supposed to be secret...Shouldn't it stay a secret?

I think that because Harry was taken there without his consent, as was Madame Maxime, their guilt is justified. In this situation, I think it WAS fair for Harry to tell Cedric, otherwise it would be unfair to NOT know, not the other way around. However, Hagrid should have never taken Harry to see the dragons--Hagrid is the one at fault. If one champion unintentionally sees the task, all champions have the right to know--Although the problem would be better avoided in the first place.