Technology has now allowed people to be numerically categorized based on
their psychological, physical, and emotional traits. People have begun
using this technology to standardize what everyone considers a "good way
to live." They call this system "PSYCHO-PASS."
Although all
people know the standard "good way to live," crime still occurs. Kougami
Shinya and his colleagues are part of the governmental agency that
apprehends individuals deemed lacking under the PSYCHO-PASS standard.
His agency are actually comprised of individuals who were once found to
be problematic for society. They are now the dogs of the government.