siuknowwhatImean OP t1_j93t5mz wrote on February 19, 2023 at 12:56 AM

Reply to comment by Rhueh in Is Frankenstein responsible for the murders his creation committed? by siuknowwhatImean

Agreed- He developed a conscience by observing the family even if he didn’t have one when I made him.

Would your prosecution not be defendable in the same way that Oppenheimer was not guilty for Truman’s decision to drop the bomb?

Rhueh t1_j9fyli1 wrote on February 21, 2023 at 5:21 PM

I don't understand your analogy to Oppenheimer and Truman. My prosecutor's argument is that the monster, as a creation of a person, is a machine and therefore has no conscious, and therefore can't be guilty, so the guilt has to lie with Dr. Frankenstein. (I don't subscribe to this theory, by the way, it's just how I imagine myself as a prosecutor arguing it.) Who is Oppenheimer in your analogy and who is Truman?