AFP by way of Getty ImagesIn healthcare, electronic well being records are used to obviate the need for paper documentation, while additionally making the information far simpler to transmit between healthcare providers. Telemedicine, remote appointments held over the telephone or a webcam, naturally result in lower carbon emissions — even when an over-reliance on them is itself contentious. Unavoidably, though, all of those technologies will pressure us to address many moral questions. Giving mother and father the right to pick or modify genetic traits that might be current in their youngsters means fastidiously considering issues of consent and equality of…
