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Everything has changed with the birth of little sheep - Dolly. There would be nothing peculiar in it if Dolly weren't the product of flawlessly planned cloning. Her birth put humankind one step closer to science-fiction, one bold step to reduplicate humans. Today, the question 'Can we clone human beings?' is fully answerable. From the biotechnological point of view the reply is very simple. With further polishing of details, yes, of course, we can, and that not before very long. In pure science what is not forbidden by the Nature is possible. But the question is certainly manifold and the answer is not so clear-cut and unequivocal. Now, when dozens of qualms of moral character throng themselves we are cornered and no longer sure of the answer. Is cloning inherently evil? Is it morally justified? Can we possibly clone ourselves??? Let us imagine the following circumstances.