Question: In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, what role does empathy
play when comparing a human and an android?
Topic: Throughout Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, there is a reoccurring
questioning of whether a human is an android and vise versa. By using the Voigt-Kampff test,
Rick can determine whether a human does not have enough empathy, making it an
android, or confirming that someone is human by checking their empathy levels. Rick begin question his own humanity and empathy while
androids begin to question their artificiality.
Thesis: Dick creates doubt throughout the novel regarding what levels
of empathy are needed to be considered a human; however when in contact with
certain androids, Rick discovers that some do have emotional empathy, further questioning
what level of empathy should androids be allowed to have before they cross over
into a human.
Within Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, there is a constant question of what it means to be human, what is actual and fake, and what blurs the lines between real and artificial.
If supposedly the only thing that
differentiates humans and androids are their empathy levels, then what level of
empathy should an android have until it is considered equal to a human?
Paragraph 1: Empathy Test showing different
responses and how Iran and Ricks emotions and empathy grow throughout the novel
Paragraph 2: Showing Androids Levels of
empathy compared to human's levels of empathy and comparing them.
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