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CMV: Androids in Detroit:Become Human are not alive

I played this game a few days ago and I hold the belief that Androids should not be given the status of a living being and/or should not be granted any rights. My reasons are as follows -



1) They are human made in labs from scratch. They don't occur in nature.


2) If some rewiring is done or some components are removed from them, they will become emotionless no matter how much one tries to "Awaken" them. This is based on the fact that a certain amount of advancement (technologically) is needed in that android for it to have all the things it's needs to Awaken. Otherwise, they're just as inanimate or lifeless as a toaster, and no one can Awaken a toaster.


3) Yes, Androids can die and their memories can be formatted, which is seen in other living beings too, but they can also upload their memories in its entirety to another server and if at all they "die" they can be brought back to life via fixing. That cannot be done to any other living being.




For the time being, these are my reasons, if I get some comments, I will clarify further if needed.

EDIT - There's so many responses and all of them delve deep into the subject that it'll take me some time to read, think about the points presented and analyze it. And after that, after researching further, I'll provide my answer, out of respect to all the people who have invested their resources in this post of mine, so I might not post answers immediately, and it might take some time.

Also to everyone present here, I am having a very really great experience engaging in such a stimulating debate with all of you, as I'm getting to see many different arguments and getting a chance to educate myself further. So thank you for taking your time out to comment on this post 😄
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1.  Humans make other humans from scratch, without humans there wouldn’t be humans made, the materials needed to make a human or an Android are all completely natural.  Furthermore, humans use IVF to “make” babies in labs.  And we’ve also created sperm from stem cells independently from someone having sex and the same can be done with eggs.  It seems to me that there isn’t much difference between a human being created in a lab and an Android.  If we do reach a point technologically that we can create human babies completely independently from people then would you consider those humans to not be “alive”?

2.  An analogue to rewiring an Android to erase emotion is the lobotomy in humans, and we certainly are capable of damaging someone’s brain enough to render them without “agency” over their actions and thoughts.  This happens too when a human recieves serious damage to the brain like in a car crash or concussion.

3.  This cannot be done now, but just like seemingly “sapient” androids it depends on the technology.  It might be accomplishable, we just aren’t advanced enough yet.