PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - McCarthy, D
TI  - Persons and their copies.
AID  - 10.1136/jme.25.2.98
DP  - 1999 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 98--104
VI  - 25
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/25/2/98.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/25/2/98.full
SO  - J Med Ethics1999 Apr 01; 25
AB  - Is cloning human beings morally wrong? The basis for the one serious objection to cloning is that, because of what a clone is, clones would have much worse lives than non-clones. I sketch a fragment of moral theory to make sense of the objection. I then outline several ways in which it might be claimed that, because of what a clone is, clones would have much worse lives than non-clones. In particular, I look at various ideas connected with autonomy. I conclude that there is no basis to the claim that, because of what a clone is, clones would have much worse lives than non-clones. I therefore reject the claim that cloning human beings is morally wrong.