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Should we bait criminals using clones ?

In a close future, were we have enough technology to create a perfect copy of anybody using DNA, should we push criminals to surrender using a clone with the same memory, appearance ect by threatening them to punish or torture their clone ? Or in the same way, torturing a...

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Should we bait criminals using clones ?

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In a close future, were we have enough technology to create a perfect copy of anybody using DNA, should we push criminals to surrender using a clone with the same memory, appearance ect by threatening them to punish or torture their clone ?

Or in the same way, torturing a perfect simulation of the criminal, until he surrenders ?

This would cause a serious ethical dilemma: should we judge the clone/simulation human, and could we punish/torture them while THEY have done nothing wrong ?

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