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The Android Ethic and Bareness of Life: From Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep to Blade Runner 2049

  

  • Online:2019-01-15 Published:2020-04-11

Abstract: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049 have been a series of continuity. Blade Runner was adapted from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, which was written by American science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. Blade Runner 2049 can be seen as a sequel to Blade Runner. From the view of these three texts, the ethical image of the android keeps changing. This article attempts to interpret the ethical issues of the android from the perspective of bareness of life. Beyond anthropocentrism, the posthuman ethic would be a new one including the android, as it is in the human sphere, and meanwhile it is a narrative ethics in relation to the future.

Key words: the android, bareness of life, posthuman, narrative ethics