What was so evil about Horcruxes – that makes it so incredibly evil – more than anything else? It seems to be that the actual objective of the Horcrux is not evil at all (although it may not come recommended), because pushing off death isn’t at all Dark, not any more than the Philosophers Stone wasn’t Dark Magic and Nicholas Flamel wasn’t a Dark Wizard. It is simply the means to the end which is undesireable, namely murder.
It would be extremely shallow if all JK Rowling meant was the evil of the murder involved as a means to making the Horcrux. And there are ????? ??????? that that is not all:
Which begs the question (a) What could possibly be wrong with preventing Death? (b) If there is something wrong, what was Harry’s profound response? (“Hallows, not Horcruxes.” – “Hallows,” murmured Dumbledore, “not Horcruxes. Precisely.”) (c) Similarly, what is the inherent difference between Horcruxes and Philosophers Stone?