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Originally Posted by Lal
Not really, as even if the shirt would go to Sauron, imagine the privilege that might be bestowed on you for taking him such a priceless item?
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I don't think that any orc could claim some special merit about the shirt, esspecially if said orc would own the shirt as a result of a fight, therefore disobedience. Moreover, it would look like only Shagrat was the one in touch with Lugburz, as he is the one who actually brings the shirt to Sauron (and is, well, slain, as quoted in the LotR Companion).
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Originally Posted by davem
The hero never has to question the morality of what he is doing. Does this prevent his moral growth?
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Killing does affect one's status. In Quendi and Eldar, it is stated that:
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Originally Posted by Aelfwine's preamble, HoME X
And the Eldar deemed that the dealing of death, even when lawful or under necessity, diminished the power of healing, and that the virtue of the nissi in this matter was due rather to their abstaining from hunting or war than to any special power that went with their womanhood. Indeed in dire straits or desperate defence, the nissi fought valiantly, and there was less difference in strength and speed between elven-men and elven-women that had not borne child than is seen among mortals. On the other hand many elven-men were great healers and skilled in the lore of living bodies, though such men abstained from hunting, and went not to war until the last need.
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Healers have been persons of good, if not great, spiritual status in most cultures. Even in Middle Earth, we see Elrond, one of the highest standing elves, being a renowend healer. Aragorn, as arguable the most gifted Man, was a healer too (and the above quote is relevant for him esspecially, seeing he has elven blood). The least we can derrive from the above quote is that killing affects one's ability to heal, and if a special gift like healing is in fact a sign of one's spiritual status, then it follows that killing affects a person deeply.