“An action to have moral worth, must be done from duty.” -Immanuel Kant was trying to tell everyone was that the importance wasn’t in what happened but what the intent behind it. When humans chose to do a task there is always thought and drive for the reason of accomplishing said task. Instead of basing our perspectives around the personal consequences of making a choice, good or bad, we should base it around their intent. This way we can truly gauge what someone is truly wanting whether they have bad intent or positive feelings. Throughout “Frankenstein” Mary Shelly shows us what can happen if we judge people from a skewed perspective by looking from multiple points. understanding this concept of the moral worth theory we can gather a different insight. When we look into the story with our soon to be new understanding of the moral worth theory we will start to glean an idea about what everyone’s intention are. Throughout the book and even be able to see what mary shelly intentions are, what the reasonings are behind the words. Through out this essay i will be looking into what mary shelly intentions were and linking the theory and frankenstein.
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