Post by dividavi on Aug 7, 2017 2:45:26 GMT
It's apparently a part of Kryptonian ethics never to kill any living entity. That Super Prime Directive got discarded whenever it was convenient as demonstrated by Supergirl in Action Comics #287. Apparently it's OK to destroy thinking beings if they're not composed of protoplasm:
Then there was Bizarro, introduced in Superboy #68. Bizarro was originally an imperfect duplicate of Superboy and was the result of an accident by a local Smallville scientist. Is Bizarro alive or not? The eminent scientist says no, and Superboy agrees with that assessment.
But the thing gets up and moves around. There seem to be chemical reactions that propel Bizarro. Sure sounds like life to me, but then I'm not an eminent scientist. The creature even generates thought balloons to show what it's thinking. Doesn't that indicate the presence of mind, consciousness, a soul? It sure does to me. Anyway, Superboy decides to end Bizarro's existence but before he does he explains to the creature why it's moral to do that.
Superdumb question: Why does Superboy offer an explanation? If the creature's not alive its destruction has the same moral worth as smashing a misbehaving lawn mower: none.
Then there was Bizarro, introduced in Superboy #68. Bizarro was originally an imperfect duplicate of Superboy and was the result of an accident by a local Smallville scientist. Is Bizarro alive or not? The eminent scientist says no, and Superboy agrees with that assessment.
But the thing gets up and moves around. There seem to be chemical reactions that propel Bizarro. Sure sounds like life to me, but then I'm not an eminent scientist. The creature even generates thought balloons to show what it's thinking. Doesn't that indicate the presence of mind, consciousness, a soul? It sure does to me. Anyway, Superboy decides to end Bizarro's existence but before he does he explains to the creature why it's moral to do that.
Superdumb question: Why does Superboy offer an explanation? If the creature's not alive its destruction has the same moral worth as smashing a misbehaving lawn mower: none.
