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Originally Posted by Inziladun
As Aulė had made them, destroying them would not have actually been "killing", since Aulė as a creation himself had not been able to imbue them with a sense of being. It was only Eru, seeing the humility and heartfelt sorrow of Aulė, who was able to give the Dwarves true life. He did so out of pity for Aulė and an understanding of Aulė's motives, which had not been evil.
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Given the idea that the 'creation' of living, locomotive (!) beings was supposed to be reserved for Eru (or at least was supposed to have His permission), I can see how Aulė's action could be seen as 'erroneous', but, in my opinion, not 'evil', because to me that term indicates malevolent intent, and Aulė had none of this. So yes, I agree with you.
I don't have my copy of
The Silmarillion with me right now, but if I remember correctly, Eru stopped Aulė from eradicating the Dwarves (why am I sorely tempted to say 'Dwarrows' all of a sudden?) because he noted that they were living beings with feelings and emotions. So I do not believe that Aulė couldn't have 'killed' them, even if he made them. Perhaps, because they were not made by Eru, they did not have the same 'sense of being' (as you put it) as Elves or Men, but they had a sense of identity nonetheless.
Someone correct me if I missed a quote, thankyouverymuch.
