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Rereading Frankenstein: What If Victor Frankenstein Had Actually Been Evil?

As we reread Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at two hundred years, it is evident that Victor Frankenstein is both a mad scientist (fevered, obsessive) and a bad scientist (secretive, hubristic, irresponsible). He's also not a very nice person. He's a narcissist, a liar, and a bad "parent." But he is not...

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Publicado en:Hastings Center Report Vol. 48; no. 6; pp. 21 - 25
Autor principal: Robert, Jason Scott
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Nov2018
Materias:
Interprofessional relations
Medical technology
Parenting
Pornography
Responsibility
Compassion
Sexual partners
Autobiography
Ethicists
Intention
Medical consultants
Nanotechnology
Risk assessment
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Sumario:As we reread Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at two hundred years, it is evident that Victor Frankenstein is both a mad scientist (fevered, obsessive) and a bad scientist (secretive, hubristic, irresponsible). He's also not a very nice person. He's a narcissist, a liar, and a bad "parent." But he is not genuinely evil. And yet when we reimagine him as evil—as an evil scientist and as an evil person—we can learn some important lessons about science and technology, our contemporary society, and ourselves.