In the movie Blade Runner, replicants are people, with a sense of identity, and profound consciousness. .
The replicants in Blade Runner are not necessarily human beings, but a replicant can be considered as a person, therefore possessing a sense of consciousness. It is natural to compare the ideologies of consciousness to the species of human beings and no other. This is because human beings have the ability to think and formulate beliefs, unlike any other species to date. However, what must be accounted for is the difference between a person and a human being. Despite the common use of both words to describe the same thing they have two distinct meanings. A human being is a biological notion, as opposed to the non-biological notion of a person. The creation of replicants is biologically different than that of humans, however both are considered to be people. A person is refereed to as "An intelligent, rational creature. Second, it is a creature capable of a peculiar sort of consciousness-self consciousness." (Jeffery Olen, p. 563) In addition, Olen discusses other features of a "person" that a replicant satisfies. Rachel, a replicant in the movie, does not even know she is a replicant. She is a member of the community, treats others as such, communicates, has beliefs, has beliefs about such beliefs, prescribes moral responsibility, subject to praise or blame, and lastly displays emotion. By desiring Deckard, the main character believed to be human, towards the end of the movie, Rachel displays a characteristic only exhibited by a so-called person. Therefore replicants, as Rachel displayed, demonstrate features of a person, proving them to have a sense of powerful consciousness. .
Now that it has been established that the replicants are conscious persons, it must be clarified that they do attain personal identities. Replicants do not age; therefore their identities never change. Their physical resemblance remains the same, and their memory is programmed.