Moral Flux by Stephen Sackleigh

JOS4 was an android on a mission to survey the many moons of Jupiter. His calm, controlled world was disrupted when he was suddenly thrown into a situation where a young woman’s life was being threatened by attackers. He was programmed to empathise with humans and to intervene to keep them from harm, but he was also adaptive and constantly assimilating knowledge. How far should he go to save a person’s life? He is surprised to find out how savage people can be.

He tends to the injured young woman called Asiya and finds that, in his own way, his feelings for her grow the longer he is with her. A strong bond with her develops. Like the rest of us, he slowly formed his own moral code but it was constantly challenged by events in his life. Little by a little his perception of us changed with each moral dilemma.