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Secondly, cloning would have the advantage over sexual reproduction that it should make it possible to increase the likelihood that the person created will enjoy a healthier and happier life. For to the extent that one's genetic constitution has a bearing upon how long one is likely to live, upon what diseases, both physical and mental, one is likely to suffer from, and upon whether one will have traits of character or temperament that make for happiness, or, instead, for unhappiness, by cloning a person who has enjoyed a long life, who has remained mentally alert, rather than falling prey to Alzheimer's disease or dementia, who has not suffered from cancer, arthritis, heart attacks, stroke, high blood pressure, etc., and who has exhibited no tendencies to depression or schizophrenia, etc., one is increasing the chances that the individual created will also enjoy a healthy and happy life.