User blog comment:AustinDR/PG Proposal: The Iron Giant/@comment-43941699-20191110135345

While he is a robot, he is not programmed to be good, he shows himself to have a free will. He is like a curious child who wants to learn about the world. His moral agency has developed overtime. He is a selfless alien robot who is even willing to sacrifice himself to save Rockwell from an incoming missile; (don't worry, he is self-repairing). So I am going to give him a yes.