Human In The Blade Runner

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In the Blade Runner, Tyrell says "More human than human" to Deckard. When thinking of humanity many things may come to mind. The meaning of “human” is their ability to reason and grow as a thinker. This is due to the evolution of our brains and their ability to reach different levels of intellect. The big question here is, what does it means to be human? The word “human being” has many definitions; to be human you will need to have anatomical and biological qualities. Which means as humans we all possess different abilities and qualities. For example, we may have different physical characteristics such as hair color, eye color, skin tone, and etc. One component that makes us human is having a brain. The brain is able to store information in …show more content…
This act was both cruel and just in the eyes of Blade Runners. Since the replicants did not have any right they felt their actions were just. This is strange because if Tyrell was making the replicants more human than human why would the replicants kill him? The blade runners had the logic that it is okay to kill the replicants because they came to Earth and because they do not possess emotions. But as soon as the replicants develop emotions they will be dangerous to humans. As of right now the replicants do not have emotions. But as soon as they develop emotions they will realize that the government is just using them as their slaves. Therefore, if the replicants develop emotions it would be dangerous for humans because the replicants would seek revenge and kill humans for using them as their slaves. Lastly, humans they can own and rule technology; hence, they can do whatever they want with the replicants. Since replicants are some sort of technology, humans have the right to own them and it gives them the right to destroy the human replicants in order to generate a much newer and updated replicant that would be better for

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