I don’t think that Dumbledore is someone who think that set fire to “stupid chicken” is ethic
(I might disagree with him, but I think that its not the style of Dumbledore).
Harry probably think thats its not how Dumbledore think/how magic works, so when he was told that its was “fake chicken” he was should saying something like: “But was it a normal chicken?” or “Does magic allow it?”.
I think Dumbledore is (portrayed as) someone who _does_ strongly believe in roles, tropes, and categories, and who thinks death is a tragic, but necessary and inevitable part of life. He would think it absolutely permissible to set fire to a chicken (magical or normal) if there were some reason (including a reason as vague as “necessary to impress Harry that I’m mysterious”).
That’s maybe possible, but:
I don’t think that Dumbledore is someone who think that set fire to “stupid chicken” is ethic (I might disagree with him, but I think that its not the style of Dumbledore).
Harry probably think thats its not how Dumbledore think/how magic works, so when he was told that its was “fake chicken” he was should saying something like: “But was it a normal chicken?” or “Does magic allow it?”.
I think Dumbledore is (portrayed as) someone who _does_ strongly believe in roles, tropes, and categories, and who thinks death is a tragic, but necessary and inevitable part of life. He would think it absolutely permissible to set fire to a chicken (magical or normal) if there were some reason (including a reason as vague as “necessary to impress Harry that I’m mysterious”).
But Harry don’t believe in that, so he still was should ask if the chicken was completely normal except it was magical, not?