In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, she examines man's unquenchable thirst for knowledge, warns of scientific advancement, and the responsibility of the creators towards their creations. She wrote the book during a time where many scientific advances were being made in areas such as electricity. In the book, Victor creates a living being and flees it. The creature is abused and is determined to make Victor suffer as much as he had...or worse. The creature kills most members of Frankenstein’s family and Victor dies trying to take revenge. Victor Frankenstein was not responsible with his advancement and it ended in his own doom. What if he had not fled his creation or had taken more control of the situation? What would responsible scientific advancement
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When Victor creates the monster, he abuses it, ultimately turning the monster against him and leads him to his death. That would translate very well into the real world. If something that was unknown was created and had potential to take many lives, it would do so; not knowing what advancements may do to the human population is extremely dangerous and must be under great care. Victor did not care for his monster, he did not stop his monster, and his creation was able to change the courses of many lives. Common sense is how people comprehend the world around them. Common sense is the foundation of science; common sense is our natural instinct and science is the next level as knowledge. Both should be used to assist scientific discovery, otherwise, scientists will not use their common sense to determine how far they can go with their science. I agree that considering that if for example a new way to resurrect cadavers was discovered, shouldn’t scientists consider if that is a bright idea or not? If they were to use their common sense and make the right decisions with potentially hazardous advancements and what to do with them, I feel that science overall will be safer. Also, for example, if an experiment were to go wrong, but knowledge was to be obtained, common sense would be needed to help determine what to do with it. “I prepared myself for a multitude of
When Victor creates the monster, he abuses it, ultimately turning the monster against him and leads him to his death. That would translate very well into the real world. If something that was unknown was created and had potential to take many lives, it would do so; not knowing what advancements may do to the human population is extremely dangerous and must be under great care. Victor did not care for his monster, he did not stop his monster, and his creation was able to change the courses of many lives. Common sense is how people comprehend the world around them. Common sense is the foundation of science; common sense is our natural instinct and science is the next level as knowledge. Both should be used to assist scientific discovery, otherwise, scientists will not use their common sense to determine how far they can go with their science. I agree that considering that if for example a new way to resurrect cadavers was discovered, shouldn’t scientists consider if that is a bright idea or not? If they were to use their common sense and make the right decisions with potentially hazardous advancements and what to do with them, I feel that science overall will be safer. Also, for example, if an experiment were to go wrong, but knowledge was to be obtained, common sense would be needed to help determine what to do with it. “I prepared myself for a multitude of