Faculty of Design

Illustration

Hadia Shahid

No Heart, No Crime?

“Thou shalt not kill.”A violent act challenges the very definition of murder in a world where robots are designed to resemble humans. If a being lacks a heartbeat, does its destruction still count as killing? This dilemma is seen through a person violently tearing off a robot’s human-like faceplate, revealing the cold, mechanical endoskeleton beneath. Wires snap and fray as the mask of humanity is forcibly removed. The absence of a heart further reinforces the question: without life in the traditional sense, can there truly be death?