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empathy-deficit

The androids are characterized by a lack of empathy, a key human trait that distinguishes them.

1 chapter across 1 book

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)Philip K. Dick

Chapter 15

In this chapter, Rick Deckard confronts Inspector Garland and bounty hunter Phil Resch, uncovering that Garland is an android and that Resch himself may be unknowingly one as well. After Garland attempts to kill Resch and is killed in turn, Resch reveals his confusion and fear about his own identity and the infiltration of androids within the police force. The chapter ends with Resch and Deckard preparing to pursue the android Luba Luft, while Resch expresses a desire to be tested for his own humanity.