Question

4.3.2 quiz: understand combining human and machine
question 2 of 10
what scientific question does mary shelley most clearly address with her story frankenstein?
a. just because a scientific advance can be made, is it morally right to do so?
b. can technology make all human endeavors obsolete?
c. could machines be taught to think solely with logic and not emotion?
d. if robots become a part of daily life, should they be integrated into families?

Explanation:

In Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein creates a creature through scientific means. The story explores the moral implications of such a scientific advance. It questions whether just because a scientific feat (creating life in this case) is possible, it is morally right. Options B, C, and D are not central to the main scientific - moral question in Frankenstein. Option B about technology making human endeavors obsolete is not the core. Option C about machines thinking with logic (the creature is more of a biological - scientific creation rather than a machine focused on logic vs emotion in the way the question frames). Option D about robots in families is not relevant as the creature is not a robot in the modern sense and family integration in that context is not the main scientific - moral query.

Answer:

A. Just because a scientific advance can be made, is it morally right to do so?