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DeedTheInky t1_j936qio wrote

A few of things that might be worth a punt maybe?

  • The Monster is (AFAIK) made completely from parts of adult humans, so maybe you could argue that it's a human adult? Some sort of "ship of Theseus" type of thing? How many parts can you transplant on a person before they become a monster instead of a human?

  • By a similar note it presumably has a brain from a specific person? If I die and get revived and lose my memory and commit a crime, am I still culpable? Maybe you could argue that it's like a Doctor reviving an injured person who then has brain damage which leads to them being violent?

  • The Monster presumably shares no DNA with Frankenstein and I doubt he did any formal paperwork to adopt it, so is he legally responsible for it? Morally he probably is, but would that hold up in court?

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siuknowwhatImean OP t1_j93sk8w wrote

That’s true. Even though he acts like a completely new person I could argue that I didn’t create his brain - Is a doctor responsible for the crimes that a patient performs post-resuscitation?

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