Question

What patterns of moral decision-making in this modern work reflect ethical dilemmas presented in texts from another era?
A Georgiana knows that artificial intelligence is dangerous, but pursues it anyway.
B Georgiana has been tasked with a project that she knows she shouldn't complete, but feels pressured to follow through.
C Georgiana lets curiosity cloud her judgment and proceeds without the help of her team.
D Georgiana is worried about the outcome of the Pygmalion project and actively works to alter results so that she looks better.

Answer 1

C

Georgiana’s curiosity overriding caution and proceeding without the help or counsel of others mirrors the Promethean/Frankenstein pattern in earlier texts: the lone creator whose ambition and curiosity lead to ethically fraught consequences. Shelley’s Frankenstein and related myths dramatize the moral costs of solitary scientific hubris and neglect of responsibility—precisely the dynamic in option C.

(A) is close but emphasizes knowingly pursuing danger, which is less central to those older texts than the destructive mix of obsession and isolation. (B) describes pressure to comply (external coercion) rather than the internal drive emphasized in the classics. (D) is about self‑interest and deception, a more modern ethical problem than the creator‑vs‑creation dilemma.