Assuming cloning humans was legal and even somewhat common, what would be the ethics of possible uses for said clones?

They would be like identical twins -- their own person, but genetically identical to another.

"what would be the ethics of possible uses for said clones? " That is exactly why cloning people is not legal, the powers that be can see 'ethics' is the problem if it was ever allowed ...so they don't allow it as there are too many humans out there who have no ethics at all without cloning human beings

You can't own a person, although you do own tissue.

It isn't exactly a dim line between , Oh that is a person and that is a pancreas in a tank.

You're talking about a replica, not a clone.

Assuming it was *completely* authentic, a whole sentient human being, our society (at least what's left of mine) would still give that *person* all the rights any other human would have. It's no different in that respect than a test tube child, who already exist. You are assuming that how that person got here makes a difference in their legal rights, and it should never matter.

I can see people wanting clone for replacement parts, making a clone soon after you're born, you get in a car crash and need a new organ you take it from the clone, but in that case most would want the clone to grow in some scifi fish tank in a coma like state, not walking the streets having a life

- oh and in fact some parents have had a second child to save the live of the first, in that case both still lived but the first needed something like bone marrow

but as already said right now clones would grow up just like any other person and all laws would be the same for them, until there not,

do you get to say if you get cloned or not? could someone clone you without your permission

but assuming the clone is made as soon as you are born -

-say you clone a movie star, the real person gets ill or dies, but the clone takes over the acting career - shouldn't the real person get a percentage of what the clone makes?

-are you going to be able to prove you are the real person? remember your clone would have your DNA and finger prints so if your clones breaks the law you could go to jail,

-your parent dies, does the clone have any legal right to the inheritance.

- could you have any legal right to limit what your clone does because it can make you look bad

- would you have any kind of responsibility for your clone

- would there be any limit to how many clones of 1 person there can be, and is that total or living

-and just like sperm and eggs now, what happens after you die could saved cells be used to clone you or should they be destroyed,

- can your clone be cloned legally

- of course there would be a lot of debate on if any clone is family or not

A clone is a full human being, gestated from a human embryo, grown in the womb as a fetus, and born normally. It is not created or "conjured into existence". It is no different from any other human being, other than the fact that it's DNA is duplicated.

body parts, gerrymandering

A clone would be a new different person the same as other humans. Like having a twin. It would look like the original person but have a different mind and thoughts all it's own.

I don't think you understand cloning. Using cells to clone someone would result in a baby, who would be raised by someone, and would be affected by their environment as well as their genes. They would have their own personality, like any baby, and would have the rights of any person born in any way. Now there have been some issues with parents having babies hoping they would match as donors for existing children, but that new child still has the same rights not to be abused or exploited as any child.

own person, with their own rights.