TY - JOUR T1 - Persons and their copies. JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 98 LP - 104 DO - 10.1136/jme.25.2.98 VL - 25 IS - 2 AU - D McCarthy Y1 - 1999/04/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/25/2/98.abstract N2 - 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. ER -