Thursday, March 3, 2016

I thought the movie Blade Runner displayed excellent morality between the Blade Runners and Replicas. Replicas are advanced humans that are stronger, faster, have no emotions and smarter than the regular human. The downside to Replicas is their lifespan of four years which was genetically modified into them because the humans are scared of Replicas developing emotions and thoughts which could allow the Replicas to overthrow the human race. Overtime Replicas eventually develop emotions and thoughts which ultimately pushes the Replicas to violent means against their creator. To combat the Replicas, special policeman called Blade Runners were trained in killing Replicas. In the movie a Blade Runner named Deckar is forced out of retirement to hunt down four deadly Replicas who killed twenty four people in the attempt to travel to earth. Replicas are banned on earth but on the planet Nexus 6 they are free. The law states that all Replicas on earth must be retired (killed) but the Blade Runner does not believe in that law. He says that if a Replica has not done something wrong then it is not his problem. In my opinion Deckar shows morality because he realizes that banning someone from a place just because they are different is wrong. Also in my opinion I think Deckar knows that every species can be violent and evil not just Replicas. But due to the Replica’s actions he ends up killing all four of them. The Blade Runner protects a mysterious Replica named Rachael who he fell in love with. Rachael was a project that the Replica creator created. Rachael was given memories and emotions at birth. Even though she is illegal on earth Deckar does not see here as a threat. In the end, Deckar only killed Replicas if they did something wrong. Rachael didn’t do anything wrong so Deckar ignored the law. However, the other four Replicas commited murder which caused Deckar to carry out the law.

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