Frankenstein, part 2: Nature vs nurture

Wrapping up Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, which we all loved.

Nature vs nurture: the monster as proto-incel, to what extent do we feel sympathy for him, should Victor have made him a bride, self-loathing and recrimination, and whether hot people are actually more virtuous than ugly people.

Also: why rousseau was a giant piece of shit, the monster as Byronic hero, importance of pariahs and moral entrepreneurs, pitbull discourse, etc

CHAPTERS

• (00:00:00) just grave robber problems
• (00:05:20) peephole language learning montage
• (00:09:00) Nature vs nurture debate
• 00:17:00) Cam’s crank theory that hot people are more virtuous
• (00:24:11) Frankenstein as the original incel
• (00:28:40) pitbull digression
• (00:33:31) Ethics of making frank a bride and letting him go
• (00:42:20) The monster as the true Byronic hero
• (00:52:50) Sympathy for the devil
• (00:59:02) Romantic heroes as moral entrepreneurs

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The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka

Ubik - Philip K Dick

The Fall - Camus