Conditionally Human

"Conditionally Human" by Walter M. Miller Jr. is a science fiction story set in a future where people can't have kids, so they make synthetic humanoids called neutroids to fill that space. The book is about Terrell Norris, who works as someone who gets rid of neutroids, struggles with the morality of his job, especially when he meets Peony, a neutroid with the power of speech. As Norris has to destroy Peony, he struggles to challenge the ethics of his world, leading to a big and tough-to-understand ending.