Regarding how to define "absolute good", this makes it pretty clear what the dude is looking for, and likewise clear that we won't find it in Lord of the Rings:
"Is there an overarching figure of good--a supreme being, for example, not necessarily God--whom Harry and his friends follow?"
He's referring to something like Aslan in Narnia - something (mercifully, I would say) absent in LOTR. Sometimes Gandalf approaches an Aslan-like leader role for the other characters, but he remains fallible and "human" (for lack of a better word). Whatever your verdict on Eru, we don't see anyone "following" Eru in any direct sort of way.
My conclusion is: this fellow is reaching a bit in his attempt to define fantasy and lump together Lewis and Tolkien.
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