RUDN Journal of PhilosophyRUDN Journal of Philosophy2313-23022408-8900Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)11280Research ArticleEthical problems of cloning humans (SCNT)SavvinaO VDepartment of Ethics Faculty of humanities and social sciencesavvinao10@yandex.ruPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia15022015211511912092016Copyright © 2015, Savvina O.V.2015The article analyses ethical problems of cloning of human beings. Today scientists have opportunity to clone animals and human embryos by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), and the author considers this technology and ethical problems generated by it. The author maintains that we must divide two types of cloning of human beings: therapeutic and reproductive. The therapeutic cloning does not generate any new ethical problems or dilemmas, but it exacerbates the problems which have already existed (moral status of human embryos, health care recourses distribution, etc.). Reproductive cloning of human beings will generate as absolutely new ethical problems so new scientific solutions.somatic cell nuclear transferreproductive cloningtherapeutic cloningmoral status of embryoscloned animalsbioethicsперенос ядер соматических клетокрепродуктивное клонированиетерапевтическое клонированиеморальный статус эмбрионовклонированных животныхбиоэтика